I was inspired after seeing Nancy’s watercolor post over at at Small Things With Love. She did hers a bit differently and used different kinds of paint, but it’s the same basic concept. I can also see why she had her toddler paint so many… Raya absolutely LOVED this project and wanted to keep going!
What you’ll need:
Paper – any size for your project is fine!
Adhesive craft vinyl
Age-appropriate paint and optional brushes, sponges, or stamps
A damp paper towel
I used my Cameo to cut the elephant and Raya’s name, but you don’t need a machine for this project. You can use scrapbook punches or even sketch or trace a design onto the paper side of your vinyl, and cut it out with scissors or a utility knife. If you are tracing out letters, be sure to reverse them – they need to be backward since you’re tracing onto the back side of your vinyl.
I cut my white vinyl and stuck it onto a piece of white paper. You don’t have to use white – any color will work, I just liked the color combination.
Then, I just let Miss Raya do her thing. Now, a famous quirk of my daughter’s is that she hates to get messy. She won’t touch fingerpaints! So since I was giving her a brush and supervising – and I was confident she wouldn’t try to eat the paint or anything – I let her use acrylic paints. Just keep in mind that might not be appropriate for all kids. You know your kids best!
When her paper was done, I let it dry a little first. Not totally, just enough that it wasn’t dripping wet anymore.
Then, I took a damp paper towel and gently wiped away the paint from the vinyl areas.
And now, I have a piece of nursery art that actually resembles something, but my kiddo still painted it all by herself. :)
She is SOOO cute Adrianne!! I love this project too, going to have Chase try it! Thanks for linking up at the CSI Project Kids!
Barbara at Chase the Star
what a great idea! Love it!
This is very cute. I love the colors.
Cute Project! I'm going to try this with my grandsons the next time they come over
What a great idea!! My 2 year old would love this!! Pinning!
LOVE this cute idea! My four year old is always asking to paint and I tend to shy away from it, mainly due to the mess. We will for sure be doing this one though! Thanks for the tutorial!
That looks amazing! I have painting my girls did hanging in their rooms, wish I had done something like that with their names. Stopping by from the Welcome Wednesday Blog Hop.
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Hello Adriane! Found your blog at the Welcome Wednesday Blog Hop, what a lovely blog you have, liked it a lot so I'm following! ^^ Hope you can drop by mine too and pay me a visit : )
What a great idea, loved how it turned out xx
N O I R E D A M E
Wow great idea! I love it!
What a great idea!! I agree with Pam it would be adorable on a shirt.
Love this idea, Adrianne!!! This would be great on a t-shirt.