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Tearing shapes from tissue paper can create some very organic shapes, and end up looking pretty similar to poinsettia leaves.1. Give each student some rectangles of red, green and yellow tissue paper (the craft kind, NOT any that says ‘bleeding paper‘). Show them that there is a grain to the paper which makes it easier to tear in one direction than the other. They are to tear petals, leaves and a center for 3 flowers.
2. After all the shapes are torn, give each student a brush and 50/50 water+glue solution. They need to cover a white sheet of paper with the glue, and then arrange their flowers on top of it. When complete, another layer of the glue goes over the entire paper to seal the shapes down to the paper. Let dry for a few hours.
3. With an oil pastel, color around all of the torn shapes, leaving a bit of white edge around the tissue for a more dramatic effect. I like the Portfolio pastels for this because they are so smooth to color with, and make a nice contrast to the bumpy leaves.
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Oh I love this! So colorful!
Thanks Rachel - I love your site too!
This is beautiful. I have a preschooler so I won't be going into as much detail, but construction paper will work just as well for a 2 year old. Thank you. I love your site and have bookmarked it for more crafty ideas.
Have a great day!
Another great project! I check your site out regularly, love your stuff!
Hi again, I linked to you and posted my own version of these beautiful poinsettias. Thanks again! I love it!
I love this idea - it's adaptable for even the littlest ones (like my 20 mo old) to do...
Thanks for the link! My daughter recently discovered she loves oil pastels and the brands and price range had me puzzled about what to choose.
Fantastic ideas for Christmas art, thanks so much for sharing!
What kind of tissue did you use? The kinds that I have all bleed with the water/glue mixture.
This is perfect for an addition to our reading of "The Legend of the Poinsetta" that we do during Advent. Thank you!
I did this project with my class using regular torn construction paper, which we glued down with regular glue. Tearing the paper made it curl a little, so we didn't glue down the ends of the petals, which gave them a 3d look.We made the centers with squares of yellow tissue paper which we wrapped around a pencil tip and glued on. We colored the background, mixing 2 colors of green crayon. Finally, we mounted the pictures on red construction paper. Wow! They were beautiful!
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