It is fun and beneficial for children to use their time to paint with watercolors away from electronic devices. For this reason, today we will present to you 5 creative activities for children with these elements and the best watercolor brand.
The idea is to let your children explore the way of mixing colors and activate imagination, you will see how excited they will be about painting freely and how they will develop their creativity with their little hands; If your children are older, you can encourage them to create more complex models and extract new colors.
Creative activities using watercolors
Activity one: Colorful footprints
This activity is so simple, your kids will be excited and have a great time; You will need simple and inexpensive tools, all of which you will find in the Saudi Life Library store:
- White paper roll.
- water.
- Watercolors in different colours.
- Flat dish.
- Transparent plastic film.
Action Steps
First you need to prepare the place so as not to make a huge mess:
- Lay a large sheet or towel on the floor so it can be safely smeared with colored paint, then spread the white paper over it.
- Prepare your favorite color of paint on the tray.
- Wrap children's feet with plastic wrap; Ask the children to place the soles of their feet on the colored water and then walk on the paper.
- With colored footprints they can make a path or a flower; This will be a challenge for them if they cannot form an impressive drawing, and the same thing can be done with their hands.
Our suggestions for the right brand of watercolor for this activity:
We will suggest to you this wonderful collection of water vessels.
- Fanbo Watercolours - 12 ml x 12 colours . From the mark Fanbo .
- Or a watercolor box of 36 colours From the mark Keep smiling
Activity Two: Colors with transparent film
This is also a simple activity, perfect to do with children at home, and it is done in 3 simple steps: For it you will need these items:
- White paper.
- Paint brushes .
- Watercolors in different colours.
- A roll of transparent plastic film.
The method of work:
- Draw on the white paper the shape your child prefers, flowers, animals... and be sure to use multiple colors.
- Using a brush and watercolors, color the shapes you have drawn so that the paint is thick.
- Immediately cut a piece of plastic film and spread it over the new paint, pressing down evenly with sideways movements.
- When you remove the plastic, strange shapes will remain on the paper, with a beautiful wrinkled texture.
- You can not draw shapes at first, but put plastic on the paint, then put it directly on the paper before it dries, and then explore what can be drawn by imagining distinctive shapes. This is what opens horizons for the child to increase their creativity through imagination.
Activity Three: Creative doodles
The topic may be strange, but you will impress your son with this activity, as it will develop his ideas and creativity, and you will not need a lot of tools; Just bring:
- White papers for drawing.
- Pencil or colored pencils.
- Different colored watercolors.
Action Steps
- Let your child draw whatever he wants on white paper. If he is under 3 years old, it will be just scribbles, and this is exactly what we want.
- It is now your turn or one of your older children to color the drawing and translate it into real shapes. A circle could become the heart of a flower, zigzag lines could represent tree branches or a racing car... and so on, it is important that you use a lot of colors that suit each shape so that the picture becomes clearer.
- Later, after your child understands the meaning of the activity, it will be his turn to color, so that he can imagine the shape and color it himself.
Our suggestions for the right brand of watercolor for this activity:
This activity requires multiple colors of high quality, so we suggest a set of watercolors from the BOOKEY brand
- The 24 color watercolor discs are really perfect for this painting.
- Watercolor discs of 18 colors from the same brand.
Activity Four: A frame of handprints
This activity is similar to the first activity, but we will need a wooden frame or the type you want to hang in the children’s room, and all your children will participate in this creativity. This is what we need as tools:
- Good quality cardboard.
- framework.
- Good quality watercolor.
- Colored pen for writing .
Action Steps:
- All your children will place their palms in the water containers, each according to the color they chose.
- Then he immediately places his hand on the cardboard, and writes the name of its owner over each palm print.
- Let the paper dry, then put it in the frame, then hang it in your children's room.
Our suggestions for the right brand of watercolor for this activity:
We need prominent colors from a more prominent brand, so we will use Maped .
Activity Five: Yellow Flower Garden
This watercolor drawing also needs help from an adult, and it consists of different flower shapes. Let us learn the details and work tools:
- White papers.
- Cardboard .
- scissors .
- Water-based glue .
- Brushes .
Action Steps:
- The child will color the cardboard yellow using watercolors.
- Cut out a diamond shape for the flowers using white paper; You can fold it into 4 or 8 folds, then cut the shape and open it to get more beautiful roses and flowers.
- Glue the flower shapes onto white construction paper and do not use too much glue because we will peel the shapes off.
- Now again, your child can color all the cardboard using brushes, but we do not use the yellow color
- Now remove the shapes and you'll have a gorgeous yellow flower garden, which your child can outline with gold glitter, or with watercolor pencils.
Our suggestions for the right brand of watercolor for this activity:
- Lino Squeezer Watercolors - 12 Colors From the international brand Leno .
- Watercolor 12 colors + brush From the brand Fanbo .
- For selection using watercolors, you can use Washable Watercolor Pens (36/24/18 Colors) They are perfect for this job .
I still have it Al-Hayat Saudi Library Other types of high-quality watercolors. All you have to do is type watercolors in the search engine inside our store to get a diverse list, or choose the art supplies section. To obtain all the necessary tools for drawing, coloring and creativity .
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