Using the 3 pronged/tined fork we pressed firmly into the paint while making sure both the prongs and the base get paint.
While printing she made sure to print using a 2 step motion. First to get the tines of the fork printed, then she got the base printed to complete the tulip.
Once we printed using our forks, we drew the stems and leaves using green acrylic paint.
My toddler on the other hand is not very focused on the design or the pattern element of the spring art activity. Well yeah she is 2. For her the fun was to simply print using different colors. As you can see only the prongs got the paint and hence the prints. But that’s her spring art! It’s always best to keep the art project as open ended as possible when playing with younger kids. My preschooler however starts any art activity with the ” What design are we making?” So it’s different with her.
I love my toddler’s unique and original open ended art work. She enjoyed every bit of the process.
My “design and pattern” loving 4 year’s old work.
It’s always fun to participate in the activity with the kids. My children love it when I join them and finally we take a look at all our art work.
Some more spring crafts we have done in the past.
For more spring activities take a look at our Spring category page.
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This is such a great article! I like your blog post. Thank you for sharing.
🙂 :)I like it and my sister likes it to. 🙂 🙂
This is such a great idea! Thank you for sharing.
what type and brand of paint you use?
This is so fun! Thanks for sharing.
This is adorable. My friend is a kindergarten teacher and she sent me the link — I teach preschool. THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY PROJECTS for sure. Pinning! If you enjoy blog hops, will you please come to my party on Tuesday night (7pm EDT) and share it? My blog is Ducks ‘n a Row and it is the start time for my Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop! http://www.ducksnarow.com
This is a very cute idea! I shared this post on my blog’s facebook and twitter page.
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Love this idea! We used your technique to decorate the cover of our “Spring Is…” scavenger hunt book for young children over at http://www.onetimethrough.com. I linked back to you! Thanks for the great idea!
Not sure where to get a three prong fork. Any ideas?
This looks great – so much fun!
I would love for you to link up at the Empty Your Archive party which has fun painting ideas as one of it’s themes this week – Alice @ Mums Make Lists x
Such a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant!! Perfect for a Mothers Day card / gift :). Thanks for linking up to the Kids Co Op. I’ll be featuring this post as part of my Mothers Day roundup. xo P
I am working on seeds and plants for our theme. I will be using this awesome art activity. Thanks for sharing.
so cute! I have to wait til she gets a bigger to test it out though.. don’t want my 1.5 yr old thinking it’s acceptable to eat the paint that’s on the fork! 🙂
We used your technique last week, you can check it out at the end of this post http://strongstart.blogspot.ca/2013/04/our-flower-paintings-garden.html
Thanks again for the idea the children had a lot of ufn.
This is just so lovely. I couldn’t not feature it this week! (love the double negative, right? haha). Thanks so much for linking up. You can see your feature here: http://www.learnwithplayathome.com/2013/04/10-spring-activities-for-kids.html
Thank you for sharing this great idea! I found this idea on pinterest. I would like to invite you to share this post on my Money Saving Monday Link Up!
Thank You,
Stephanie
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Visiting from Tuesday Tots. My Family-Focused Monday hop is live now and I would love to see one of your awesome posts linked up @ www[dot]mondaykidcorner[dot]blogspot[dot]com.
Have a wonderful week.
What a great idea. I love printing with random things and making it into art. I think we will try, it would make a great mothers day card 🙂
Brilliant! I love the fork marks. I would enjoy doing this all by myself. I hope you’ll consider sharing this and many of your posts at Look What We Did, a month long link up hosted by HammockTracks.
This is just awesome. Trying it with my 5 yr old today! Thanks.
Love this what a fun way to paint. Shared on my FB page and also pinned.
Wow, this is perfect! So fun and easy to do – and such a beautiful result! Love it!
I will be making these with my son today 🙂 So beautiful!!
Love this idea! It makes a perfect Tulip stamp. I can’t wait to make some Tulips for my art wall.
Janine, it was funny to see your name pop up on our “Tulip” Painting. I bet it’d be cool if your family eventually ends up trying this out.
This is soooooooooooooooooooo stinkin cute!!
Thanks a bunch Deborah
Awesome! I love using items from around the house to make art. I will be sharing this idea with the families I work with. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Maureen
These are just too cute! This kind of art activity is right up my alley! Easy, unique and adorable! I love it!
Oh yeah. Fewer the items needed the better it is for us.
This is wonderful!