Sometimes all that is needed to spark the imagination is a new art medium.
In this case, cotton swabs. They had fallen on the floor, so I thought, “Why not?”
Emma took the creativity to another level, painting her foot…
To make a print with a unique texture.
Their completed paintings are quite striking!
MaryAnne lives is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
So fun! Cracking up about the painted foot! =)
What a great idea! Love the vivid colours and how absorbed they all are in the first picture!
Love the colors! Great idea Emma painting her foot to make a footprint!
I love your idea and will try it soon. Thanks for sharing. Check out my Tissue paper flower vase – http://blog.memetales.com/2011/05/lets-play-tissue-paper-flower-vase/
Oh, Emma’s use of a medium cracked me up! Anna loves q-tip painting on those “magic paint” books that I got from Michael’s. They come with a paint strip on the bottom, and the size is perfect for her attention span.
I just picked up one of those books last Saturday! Emma loves it!
I love the foot painting!
That’s a clever use for cotton swabs. We are all about painting, so I’ll have to try that.
That did make a unique print
Very creative!! I haven’t used these yet — but see it in our immediate future!!!
Fun! Reminds me of when I was a kid, my mom would have us draw a picture with washable markers. Then she’d give us wet q tips and our picture would magically turn into a watercolor painting as we traced our lines. Pretty cool.
What a great idea! We’ll have to give it a try!