A super simple snowflake activity for winter art that kids of all ages will enjoy doing! Our tape resist snowflake painting is easy to set up and fun to do with kids this season. Plus, they will have the opportunity to learn about the tape resist art process. Snowflake activities are perfect for young kids!
TAPE RESIST SNOWFLAKE ART FOR KIDS
Snowflake Painting is Easy!
To go along with our snow theme activities, we did some simple snowflake painting. We tried this other neat watercolor and salt snowflake painting with a glue resist technique.
Looking for another fun way to paint snowflakes? Try a salt and glue snowflake painting. A salt and glue painting makes an awesome STEAM activity and is perfect for little hands too!
This tape resist snowflake painting is easy and fun and a perfect winter activity for kids. We have so many ideas to share this year and love easy to set up activities like this snowflake painting below.
Above you will see my son from 7 years ago! I will point out that snowflakes only have 6 arms but they can have little branches off of each arm as well.
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SNOWFLAKE ART ACTIVITY
YOU WILL NEED:
- Canvas tiles or thick watercolor paper
- Watercolors or acrylic paint
- Brushes
- Painters tape
- Glitter (optional)
HOW TO MAKE TAPE RESIST SNOWFLAKES
STEP 1: Grab the materials! Make sure you have a good surface to make your snowflake artwork.
You can use simple blue painters tape or a fancier craft tape if you want to create your snowflakes. There is nothing perfect about our snowflakes except that they have six arms, not eight!
NowlLet those little hands tear the tape and design the snowflakes. You can easily make them more intricate by adding small branches off of each arm.
Generally, snowflakes are symmetrical, so you can encourage learning about symmetry while creating the snowflakes out of tape.
Make sure the tape is pressed down well before pulling out the paints. You don’t want paint going under the tape.
STEP 2: Get painting! Acrylic paints are super easy and fun for kids to use!
You can mix several colors of blue or add some white to create different shades of blue. Go ahead and cover the entire surface making sure to cover each snowflake generously.
We think all the extra brushstrokes make a fun wintery or windy effect like swirling snowflakes, so don’t worry about smoothing out every stroke!
STEP 3: If you want to add a little bit of shimmer, you can sprinkle glitter onto the wet paint!
STEP 4: Once the paint is mostly dry, carefully peel off the tape to reveal your snowflakes!
This tape resist snowflake art is the perfect winter activity for preschoolers!
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MORE FUN SNOWFLAKE ACTIVITIES
- Snowflake Slime
- Snowflake Salt Glue Painting
- Snowflake Oobleck
- DIY Snowflake Stamps
- Salt Crystal Snowflakes
- Borax Crystal Snowflake
- Melted Bead Snowflake Suncatchers
FUN AND EASY SNOWFLAKE ART FOR PRESCHOOL
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Carrie
December 27, 2013 at 8:48 pmWhat fun!! I love the ones with the coffee filters. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
Emma
December 31, 2013 at 2:25 pmThese are beautiful! And I’m totally impressed with your son’s coffee filter snowflake – mine never come out that well!
Jill
January 13, 2014 at 2:48 amWhat a lovely painting. I bet your son had a blast!
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Tiffany
February 3, 2016 at 9:25 amIt’s so cold outside and we have a snowday today so I am up gathering indoor snowday ideas. This looked like fun and it turned out so cute too. Thanks for posting this idea.