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May 6, 2011

Spring Tree

Spring Art for Kids ~ Fingerprint Cherry Tree

Kid art and party decorations has become the focus of our last few days in preparation for Annika’s Art Party.  There will be a mini gallery of Annika’s master pieces, so she has been busy adding to her collection.  Her little finger print cherry tree is a simple way to make spring art for kids.

Spring Art for Kids ~ Fingerprint Cherry Tree

Annika started by mixing a few shades of blue for the sky and a few shades of green for the hill.  Mixing colors is a great skill for kiddos to learn and it is so much fun discovering what the new color will be.  When we are creating specific colors like sky or grass, I only offer varying shades of one color.  That way regardless of of the amount of each paint that is added, the color will be in the right family.  No muddy colors!

Spring Art for Kids ~ Fingerprint Cherry Tree

Spring Art for Kids ~ Fingerprint Cherry Tree

After the sky and grass dried, we moved the painting outside.  She used the tree in front of our house as her inspiration.  You can see the inspiration tree in the background of the above photo.   I love how her tree turned out.

Spring Art for Kids ~ Fingerprint Cherry Tree

The flowers were created using her finger.  She simply dipped it into a pallet of white, pink and purple and stamped it on the tree.  Since the paint was mixed with her finger, she was able to create beautiful depth and variation of each flower.

Spring Art for Kids ~ Fingerprint Cherry Tree

Next came the sweet birds.  I love this little addition.  They look perfect climbing the hill, looking up at the tree.  I love the simplicity of kid animals, they make them look so easy.  This piece took a few steps to complete, but with a bit of guidance it turned out beautifully.  This is something that will be treasured.

For more Spring Art for Kids inspiration, check out our:

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Carrot Handprint Art

Rainbow Marble Painting

Georgia O’Keeffe Flowers

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Posted in Kid Art and tagged Flowers, Kid Art, Painting, Spring, Tree Craft, Wall Art.

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11 thoughts on “Spring Tree”

  1. Grandma on May 6, 2011 at 8:00 pm said:

    I absolutely love it!!!!!!

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  2. Lacey on May 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm said:

    Annika is a great little artist! Seriously, I can’t believe a five year old can draw like that!

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  3. Becky at UCreate with Kids on May 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm said:

    Very fabulous! I featured you today.

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  7. Cool! on March 29, 2012 at 9:39 pm said:

    Woah! Im 11 And I Cant Draw Like That/Paint Like That!

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  11. Lynn on April 3, 2014 at 9:31 am said:

    Beautiful! Inspired me to give this a try with my K class, which also turned out very well. thanks for the idea!

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