making art

i’ve recently decided to try to do at least one art or craft project with hannah each week… we’ll see how long it lasts.  but she really enjoys creating things and it’s a nice activity to do together.  especially when it’s too hot to venture outside.
so last week, i tried this tissue staining project with her.  basically, you cut up pieces of tissue paper, place it on some matboard, brush it over with water.  then when you peel off the tissue paper, it leaves a pretty colorful effect, almost like water colors (see one of the final products in the lower right corner… when i asked hannah what she wanted me to draw, she insisted on a birthday cake). 
pretty simple, not very messy, and a beautiful piece of kid art! maybe a good creation for a father’s day gift?

this week, we tried this project when another friend was over – marbling paper made from shaving cream and tempera paint.   but i was too busy helping to take pictures… and we only had a small travel size can of shaving cream so wasn’t quite enough to make too much.  will do it again another time though.  i’m thankful for blogs that inspire!

note: if you try this, be sure to use bleeding tissue paper, which i made sure i bought on back in the US.