Printed Tape Creations

Have you seen the Kid Made Modern line at Target Stores?  There are some really cool creative products in this line.  If you like creative art supplies,  be sure to check them out here.  One product particularly stuck out to me in this amazing collection.... the Printed Tape and the Solid Color Tape Set.  I  think I may have loved them more than my daughter!  Recently my daughter and I (mostly me) made some creations with this fabulous tape. I'm still brainstorming on what else we can make with this tape.

Here is a picture of C creating with our printed tape.

C's finished tape collage. 

Mine.

Creations from my sketchbook for TinkerLab's DPS Challenge using this tape. 

Sunset

Crazy Lines

Rainbow Jungle

We are still thinking about what else we could create with this tape?

Any ideas?  Please Share.

How to Create a Metal Tooling Mask

Those of you who have been keeping up with me realize that I have fewer posts because of my preparation for my new High School Art teaching job beginning this Fall.  See: What Will Happen to The Chocolate Muffin Tree).  Some of my future posts may actually feature some High School Art projects too...like this one.  My daughter and I have been working on lots of creative projects, but I haven't had the time to post as much lately. This particular project of a Metal Tooling Mask was intended to just be just a High School Project, but my daughter wanted to give this technique a try too. A lot of projects can be simplified so younger children can do it and vice versa.  Here is C's beautiful metal tooling mask.

To create a Metal Tooling Mask you'll need:
Metal Tooling Foil (aluminum, copper, and gold)

a stick with a dull point, popsicle stick

felt to place under the foil so no holes are made
felt for padding or magazine

My daughter wanted to just draw at first....I love her cute people!

Here she is just experimenting.

One thing I noticed is that the edges are sharp so I put tape around the edges.  The red underneath is a couple layers of felt. You might be able to use some magazines for padding too.  I helped C draw a big oval to begin her mask.

Then she started to to draw on the foil.  You can draw out the basic shapes first and then go back and do the tooling part.  I cut out the mask when she was ready to do more detail. Basically you are embossing foil.  A popsicle stick works great for pushing out areas and making them pop out.  You can flip the metal over to push out and turn it over to push in.  This metal is quite flexible, but be careful not to press too hard!

At the last step C took permanent markers to add color to the mask.

Here is my High School example.  I painted it with black tempera paint and while wet, rubbed off the paint leaving the paint in the deeper parts. This great idea I got by looking through Pinterest and found it here: Aluminum Masks from A.C. Art Department Blog.

Scratch Through Paintings

We've done this painting activity before and it is always fun! Basically you are painting two layers of paint and scratching through one layer.  Keep reading to find out how we made our Scratch Through Paintings.

To create a Scratch Through Painting you need:

Acrylic or tempera paint

paint brushes

sticks

tagboard or cardboard

To begin, first figure out what color you want underneath and paint your cardboard that color. Let this dry. 

Then after the paint is dry,  paint a color over the first layer and be ready to work quickly! Do not let this layer dry until done drawing.

Make sure to cover the whole cardboard/tagboard. Keep paint wet....no drying!

Take a stick (we use a cut down wooden skewer stick) and quickly draw before the top layer of paint dries.

Keep drawing until you are done.  Now you can let your Scratch Through Painting dry! Here is one of C's Scratch Through Paintings.

Here is Mom's sun too. 

Be sure to check out our crayon and black paint Scratch Art in this post: 

How to Create Your Own Scratch Art

Stay tuned for more Scratch Art Ideas!

Patriotic Paint Chip Flags

If you've been following me a while you know how much I love paint chip (paint sample) projects. (other paint chip ideas listed at the end of this post) Here is my latest paint chip project.... just in time for all the summer holidays.  All you need are some paint chips in red and blue shades, scissors, and glue.

Here are all 4 versions of my Interpretations of the USA flag.  I think I was inspired by artist Jasper Johns.

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(2)

(3)

(4)

I did these as part of Tinkerlab's DPS Challenge.  You check out the challenge here if you want to join.

I'm sure these had to be some of my inspiration:

Three Flags by Jasper Johns

Two Flags by Jasper Johns

Have fun creating with paint chips!

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Other Paint Chip Ideas from The Chocolate Muffin Tree:

Paint Chip Rainbow Chain

Paint Chip Art Collage

Paint Chip Candy Cane Garland

Paint Chip Valentine Cards

Ice Play Ideas

Today I am over at PreK + Sharing blog. Find out some different ice play ideas to beat the heat.  Let me know what you think of all the ideas and which ones are your favorite or ones you might use with kids. You can view the post here.