This winter tree art project uses bubble wrap as a painting medium to create a winter snow effect on a bare tree background.
It is beautiful in its simplicity and is a great exercise for young Arty Crafty Kids in developing fine motor skills and experimenting with different painting mediums.
We prepare the background first by painting a bare tree trunk and branches on colored card before adding the snow effect.
Using different painting mediums and techniques is important with our younger Arty Crafty kids as it helps to develop their creativity and imagination.
Creating winter tree art also engages us and our Arty Crafty Kids with nature. How a bare tree might look in winter after all the leaves have fallen off and it appears sleeping, waiting for spring before it awakes again.
This is a really fun art project for kids to do and is ideal for pre-school Arty Crafty Kids and toddlers as there’s perfection in the imperfection, using the bubble wrap to print the painted snow on the tree.
Materials: Winter Bubble Wrap Tree
A Sheet of Blue Card
Black Paint
White Paint
Bubble Wrap
Paint Brush, Scissors
Let’s Make It!
The first step is to paint the tree.
We started by outlining the tree trunk and branches and then painting. Going outside the lines didn’t really matter and the odd flick of paint added to the effect of stray twigs coming from the branch.
Depending on the age of your child, you may want to help them out with the outline.
Next, using white paint, paint the individual bubbles on the bubble wrap – this is a great exercise for developing fine motor skills.
Alternatively, as a fun addition to this art project, grab yourself a toilet roll, and using an elastic band lay the bubble wrap over the top of the toilet roll and fix using the elastic band and create a stamp!
Place the painted bubble wrap onto the tree and press down firmly.
Remove the bubble wrap to reveal the snow!
Some children may create perfect circles, others may get a little smudged.
Either way, the results will be perfect!
Repeat the previous steps and fill the tree with snowy prints!
Another adaption would be to swap the bubble wrap for finger prints, lego or anything else that’s circular and to hand!
I hope you love our Bubble Wrap Tree and if you would like to further inspriation, check out our Winter Handprint Tree!
And that concludes our Winter Tree Bubble Wrap Art Kids Craft tutorial!
This idea works really well at home and be a great addition to a Winter unit at preschool or school.
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