Snowflake Art

It's been snowing like crazy and the temperatures are steadily dropping here in our city, so we have shifted our Preschool focus to winter crafts and activities.  We did this particular art project in various steps. Here is what we did...

Prep: we collected blue water color paint, paint brush, white paper x2, scissors, and blue bingo dauber

Step 1: Firstly, we wanted to capture a winter scene outside of our window in our minds. We discussed a snowy sky and decided to use blue paint to represent the snow and the sky. My preschooler painted a paper blue with straight lines and another one blue with light blue dots using the Bingo dauber. We let our art work air dry by laying it on a flat surface (so that it dries up flat instead of hanging it to dry which sometimes causes the painting to shrivel up or curl around the edges).

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Step 2: Once it was dried, I helped my preschooler fold the paintings into various folds until I had a small square in my hand. Then I let him cut the edges for snowflake deco design.

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This was the end result:

 

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What are some unique winter art projects you do with your kids?

Annie