My little artists have been busy cranking out these fun little canvas masterpieces for Teacher’s Appreciation gifts as well as gifts to Great-Grandmothers out in California and Oregon. I think they turned out darling and should be pretty easy to mail out next week.
I found these little art easels and canvas squares at Joann’s. They are only 3-4″ big and the little easels are the perfect compliment to them. They are $1.99 each, but I saw that they were having 50% off all canvas that day so I got them for $.99! So I bought enough for gifts and a few extras. When I got home I showed them to Derrick and he thought they would be great for Cub Scouts, so I went back a few days later and bought 20 more sets.
The kids didn’t use brushes. Just their fingers. I showed them this little sample board that I made for the Cub Scouts.
Just a few ideas of ways they could use their finger/thumbprints to make pictures. My kids didn’t really go off of that board, they just came up with their own. The only rule I had was that I wanted lots of color to fill the canvas.
And here are the little masterpieces. Ready to go. A few of them have a bit of detail work that they added with a Sharpie. And they signed the corners.
The kids named their paintings and I made tiny tags that just slip between the wood and the canvas in the back.
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
Those are sooooo cute! And thanks for the Clif Bars! I’m excited!
Ooh, great idea! I need to go to Jo-Ann today now! I was there last week and they had a bunch of acrylic paint on clearance for 10 cents each! I hope they still have some left! I should have just bought it then but I was in a rush.
I love these. I’ve never seen canvases this tiny. I’ll need to be getting some of these soon too!
Great. I Loved.
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Very cute idea for Mother’s Day!