as the real thing:
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First, you will need some acrylic paint in a colorful and patriotic assortment. (I love
Claudine Hellmuth's Studio paints, though any acrylic paint will work.) You will also need water, paper, paintbrushes, and drinking straws.
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Pour a small amount of paint into a container and dilute slightly with water. (Make sure to stir!) You want the paint to drip off the paintbrush...think splatter-painting.
(I love saving our leftover gelato cups...I use them all the time for crafts and snacks!)![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/_jPElqe4k36w/TC-cgL1GKCI/AAAAAAAACvg/RZ-91Dl09Cs/s400/IMG_8725.JPG)
Using the paintbrush, drop paint onto the paper in all different sizes of drops. You could also use a medicine dropper to do this.
Then, place one end of the straw a couple inches above the paint drop. Blow gently until you achieve your desired look. The next three pictures shows how the drops spread. (Pay attention to the dark blue drop.)
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The angle at which you hold your straw will determine the direction the paint spreads, so to achieve a "sunburst" you should hold the straw at a 90 degree angle above the drop. Holding the straw at an angle will direct the paint on a more narrow path, as seen above.
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You can see a variety of patterns above. (Kind of reminds me of my spin-art days!)
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We made ours on some cardstock ready to assemble into cards. We kept it simple and just included a greeting on the front...but I think it would be fun to embellish the fireworks with glitter for some extra sparkle!
Enjoy!
(Idea originally found in Family Fun.)
4 comments:
Cute idea! My daughter loves doing this! ;) Happy 4th!
great idea...my girls would LOVE this! where do you go to get gelato? I may have to check it out the next time we are in OK.
I bet the kids had a blast! and what a cool idea to turn the art into cards!
Love your blow paint art!
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