Crafting is my guilty pleasure. Therefore I'm often found at my craft desk during nap time or after everyone is in bed. I don't often get crafty during the day and because of this I haven't often included my little guy into anything that might get messy. He is one kid that I could totally see trying to paint the new sofa or some such nonsense and I really don't need to put any ideas into his head. I might need to change that train of thought since this project was a big hit and he loved painting.
I started off with a stretched canvas. The canvas wasn't treated and so I decided to coat the whole thing with a coat of Helmar Decoupage and Craft Paste. It provided a nice base to my project so the paint and glue didn't seep into the fabric.
Once dry (with a little assistance from my blow dryer) I set up a little area on the kitchen table for Thomas to paint the whole canvas with silver metallic acrylic paint.
You can tell from that grin that he LOVED painting. I showed him how to load the brush and try and get areas that were still white . . . not that he didn't try and still paint only the middle. ;)
Once all that paint was dry I had him help leave his mark on the canvas in glue. I coated his little hands with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue - using a pretty thick layer.
Once the glue had dried I went back over the raised glue areas with some gold metallic rubons (the same ones I used for my faux metal letters earlier this month). The impression of his little hands really popped out from the silver background.
I finished the corner off with a wood veneer letter T (adhered with some Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive) and the date.
I'll definitely be finding more paint/art projects for the little guy to do and this little canvas is now hanging on my bedroom wall. One of the many wall decor projects I have in mind for over the bed.
Thanks for stopping by the Helmar blog today. Don't forget to find some crafty time with your little ones and Happy Crafting!
Supplies Helmar Tacky Craft Glue, Helmar Decoupage and Craft Paste, Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Metallic Rub-ons by Craf-T Products, Wood Veneer - Studio Calico, Other: date stamp, stretched canvas
