Foil Design Art

We've been learning about art lately, and have been noticing that art comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes... and this project demonstrates that idea fantastically!

  1. Ages: 3 - 8

  2. 30 minutes - 1 hour

  3. Messy

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Materials you'll need

Step-by-step tutorial

  • Step 1

    Use any color of heavy paper. (You could even use a piece of drawn-on scratch paper if you like!) Alternately, you could use permanent markers instead of watercolor paints.

    Photo reference of how to complete step 1

  • Step 2

    My children smeared glue stick all over the page to adhere the string. You could just as easily put a bit of school glue in a small pot and add water, then brush the glue on with a paintbrush.

    Photo reference of how to complete step 2

  • Step 3

    When the string was arranged 'just so', gluing down some stray ends and loops as necessary, the children added more glue...

    Photo reference of how to complete step 3

  • Step 4

    ...then we pressed foil all over the grooves of the string. Very carefully and firmly, Maddie and Trev pressed and creased their creations... they wanted lots of detail!

    Photo reference of how to complete step 4

  • Step 5

    We folded the foil around the edges of the paper, then started painting. Since it was foil, and not absorbent, they made little pools and puddles of paint.

    Photo reference of how to complete step 5

  • Step 6

    When the sections were filled in just as the children liked --"This is such a neat project!" -- we left the paintings alone so that the water could evaporate.

    Photo reference of how to complete step 6

  • Final result!

    After an hour or two, they were dry! Wonderful! Fantastic! And so very, very fun.

    Photo reference of how to complete step 7

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