So If I must confess I have had these sweet little Spring oil pastels (link to how we made them) up since last spring.  I love them.  They are hanging in our bathroom.  I have recently received a few comments about having Easter pictures hanging above the Christmas tree.  Ha!  Well since spring is right around the corner and these little guys will soon be back in season, I finally switched them out.  I know backwards right, but when you see the little Valentines Owls my kiddos made you will understand.  I think that I need to have the kids make a complete set of seasonal artwork that I just rotate between!.
With a bit of patience each of my kiddos created a background of beautiful repetitive text.  I gave them a fine red sharpie marker.  Kaleb choose hearts, Bree wrote I love you and Annika made a pattern of XOX’s.  They turned out so cute!
With a black sharpie each of the kiddos drew their version of an owl. Â Since we were making Valentines art, the kids found fun ways to sneak in as many hearts as possible.
The kids then painted the owls with watercolors. Â After they were done painting, we traced back over the owl with black sharpie again. Â This step really cleaned everything up.
I love how each of the Valentine owls turned out.
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Those turned out so cute!
Beautiful!! I love the background technique.
Wow! Those are amazingly cute!
So cute!!!
Congratulation! Those are so beautiful!!
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These are simply GORGEOUS! What is it about kids colourful, bold artwork that is so completely dreamy? Love love love!
I totally agree! There is nothing better or more special than kiddos artwork to cheer up a room.
These are precious! We’d love for you to share on our Owl Party. I can’t wait to try them with my daugthers. Here’s the link http://theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/2012/11/owl-crafts-activities-link-party.html
I love these!!
Hi, these are adorable!!! What kind of paper did you use? Thanks.