I’ve considered myself a crafter for as long as I can remember…but somehow I just recently discovered Mod Podge.
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve done two projects, and I think I am hooked! For both, I used my girls’ watercolor designs to create a collage on canvas. I just love the way they turned out!
My girls love to paint with watercolors. For the first canvas, I let them do their thing, with no input from me. When everything was dry, they helped me cut their creations into different pieces. My favorite is the striped page that my A painted. We cut it into strips, and we used Mod Podge to adhere it to the canvas. (I will say that A was a little apprehensive when I suggested we slice and dice her artwork…but she loves the final product now, too.)
The next project I directed a little more. We were invited to a “Very Hungry Caterpillar” birthday party, and I had the idea to create a small canvas for the birthday girl. Referencing our copy of the book, the girls did a big patch of watercolors in green and blue, along with some red and yellow to one side.
Once the paint dried, the girls used my paper punches to cut out the segments for the caterpillar. We also stamped the birthday girl’s name on some extra watercolor pieces to add to the canvas.
We adhered everything with Mod Podge, and I painted the few last details (the legs and antennae). I love the way this turned out, too!
At 5 1/2, my girls were very active in all stages of this project. Mod Podge is water-based, so they were able to play a big part in putting the canvases together.
My mind is spinning with what I want to do next. Among many other ideas, I see lots of new uses for the girls’ watercolor creations. For one, I can’t wait to create a Christmas tree collage this winter!
Do you Mod Podge? And Mod Podge or no, do you “upcycle” any of your kiddos’ artwork?
(I have to credit this great blog I found, Mod Podge Rocks, with getting me started. There are some wonderful tutorials on the blog, along with so many fun ideas.)
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This looks wonderful – my littles will love it!
I just finished a cool modge-podge project for my daughter’s 9th birthday party. She loves Taylor Swift and wanted a party and craft with a Taylor Swift theme. We cut out dine to quarter sized pictures of guitars, cowboy hats, hearts, and of course, Taylor. The girls applied the pictures- singly or layered with colored papers onto bottle caps from the craft store. We used paint brushes to apply ModgePodge on top, added a sprinle of glitter and stick-on rhinestones if desired. When the projects dried, we used jump rings to string them on ribbon for necklaces or charm bracelets. So easy and fun!
That sounds great! I look forward to being able to do crafts with my girls and their friends when they’re a little older. (We do that now, during play dates, but it’s not exactly *relaxing*!)
So cute! As of now my boys don’t last too long with crafts, but this makes me hope that they will grow into it!
It gets so much easier!!! I remember having to take MANY deep breaths when my girls first started doing crafts. Now — at 5 1/2 — they’re pretty self-sufficient with scissors and glue. It’s so much fun!
I’m loving this! I’m always so impressed by your masterpieces. Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you taking the time to party with us. I hope to see you on tonight at 7. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls