Watercolor Resist Painted Windsock for Kids
The Watercolor Resist Painted Windsock for Kids is beautiful as it floats in the breeze and teaches an art technique.
Servings: 1 windsock
Cost: $1
Equipment
- Paintbrush
- Hole punch
- Scissors
Ingredients
- 9 by 13" Watercolor paper
- Watercolor paints
- Crepe paper (several colors is nice)
- Fishing line
- OR String
- Hot glue gun and glue
- OR Tacky Glue
Instructions
- Place the watercolor paper landscape direction.
- Color a design on the paper with wax crayons.
- Use the paintbrush to wet the whole surface of the paper.
- Load the paintbrush with one color watercolor paint and spread across the paper.
- Wash brush out and repeat with another color and so forth till paper is covered.
- Allow the paper to dry.
- Cut 8 two foot long pieces of crepe paper.
- Turn the paper face down and glue the crepe paper streamers along the bottom edge.
- Roll the paper into a tube (so streamers flow downward) and glue along the edge.
- Punch four holes equally distanced apart on the top edge of the windsock.
- Cut 2 pieces of fish line, fold in half together and tie a loop where they fold.
- Tie the ends of the fish line to the holes of the windsock with a double knot.