Canvas Art Project

Today I decided to get Sadie and the twins to help me do some canvas art.  First project is the footprint butterflies.  I've seen them on pintrest here but hadn't done it yet.  So here is my attempt.

 

First you'll need a canvas, paint, brush(es) and tape.

I painted the bottom of the kids' feet two different colors.  I didn't get a shot of the twins as they were a bit squirmy.

Now to make the wings of the butterflies you stamp the feet on the opposite sides.  Meaning...Sadie's right foot is on the left of the canvas and her left foot is on the right side of the canvas.

Here is a shot of the canvas with all the foot prints.

Then take a sharpie and draw the body between the foot print and add a head and antenna.  Last step is to take the kids finger and use their fingerprint at the top of the antenna.

I wrote our butterflies and date but you could leave it or put your children's names beneath whatever tickles your fancy.

The second canvas art project was strictly for Sadie.

I taped off the word LOVE on the canvas and gave her all colors of paint and had her finger paint all over the canvas.  **Note: I helped as she got bored but as soon as I started helping she was having fun again.**

Here is Miss Sadie working on her master piece.

Once the paint is dry peel the tape off and there you go.

I especially love the hand print right next to the letter L.