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Tissue Paper Crafts: The Easter Art Project We Can’t Wait To Try!

March 16, 2015 by Rebecca Greco

Bleeding art tissue paper is a really fun craft supply to use, especially with kids and adds a really fun and unique look to these Easter eggs!

Supplies:

  • Good quality watercolor paper
  • Art tissue paper (You can get this at Dick Blick or Amazon, make sure it says art tissue paper, regular wrapping paper is colorfast and will not bleed.)
  • Water
  • Paintbrush
  • Egg template
  • Gloves (optional. The art tissue paper does stain your fingers so if you don’t wear gloves then be prepared to have colorful fingers for a few days)
  • Tarp (I like to just use a garbage bag)

 

supplies
Cut out Easter egg shapes onto the watercolor paper. (there’s a template you can use or you can just draw them) Make sure you get a thicker, good quality watercolor paper because otherwise it will warp a lot. I got 140lb paper and it warped a little bit, but putting it under a stack of heavy books overnight fixed that.

water
Paint a layer of water over the sheet and then place strips of art tissue paper over the egg. I separated the paper into similar colors, one was all pinks and reds and another was all greens, blues, and yellows. The colors bleed into each other so keeps the colors similar helped keep the eggs bright and kept the colors from getting muddy.

drawn
You can also use a permanent marker to draw a design onto the egg before you begin. Make sure not to use a washable marker though because it will bleed when you add the water!

egg1
You can paint more water over the top once the paper is in place, this will make the colors spread more but they will also be a bit lighter.
egg2
Make sure to put a tarp underneath your work-space because the paper will start bleeding immediately and can stain.

egg3
This is a great project to teach kids about color mixing because they can see what happens when the different paper colors bleed into each other. You can also get a much different effect by playing with the placement and overlap of the paper. Using different shapes or sizes of paper also varies the end result. It’s a lot of fun to play around, so experiment and see what happens!

egg4
Removing the paper is definitely the messiest part, so if you don’t want colored fingers put on your gloves now. Carefully peel away the pieces, they are wet and will stick a little bit. Put them aside to dry.

Once they’re finished you can hang them up or you could use them as cards. I’ve also done this project before using canvases instead of watercolor paper and it works really well too!

How have you used tissue paper in your crafting endeavors?


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Rebecca Greco
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Rebecca is a creative mom with a BFA in illustration and two young daughters. She began blogging to show off the cross stitches she designs, but also dabbles in a wide range of crafts. Lately embroidery and English paper pieced quilting have been her favorites, but she loves experimenting and has an ever-growing work-in-progress pile.
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