It's almost spring! We're spending time outside in the garden when we can to get my 4yo some fresh air and exercise. As art activity, I did a butterfly stamping picture with my students last year.
You need:
- white paper / weißes Papier
- water colours, brushes, water / Wasserfarben, Pinsel, Wasser
- wine cork / Weinkorken
- butterfly image / Schmetterlingsbild
(- printer/Drucker)
The butterfly image I found for free in google image search. Of course you can choose any other animal or image your kid likes: How about a giraffe on a green background? Or a race car on a grey street?
Stamping takes a long time. I needed about 90 minutes to cover a sheet of A3 paper in colour. Using the cork from a sparkling wine bottle will safe you a little bit of time and is also more suitable for younger children.
Use a brush to apply paint to the cork. Instead of water colours you can also use acrylic paint, that way your child can press the cork down into the paint to stamp. The younger your child is, the more help it will need.
For 3yo-5yo I'd recommend a picture made just from stamping. You can make caterpillars, a flower field, or even a butterfly just by stamping the shapes in the colours you like.
Older kids can then fill the printed animal in the colours they like. The smaller the shapes are, the more they'll have to concentrate and train their fine motor skills and patience.
Here are some examples that my second-graders did.
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