Super FUN canvas art for kids, easy HOW TO create your own at home
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A couple weeks ago we threw a birthday party for our 9 year old. We wanted to do something a little different than what we usually do in the shop for her special celebration. We were looking through pinterest to get some inspiration and came across these gorgeous mixed media canvas art pieces. She instantly loved them and wanted to make her own. The ones we found used fancy jewels…that’s not really our speed but we had rhinestones and buttons and knew the ones they would make would look just as amazing!
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Mixed art kids canvas
What you'll need
cardstock letter cut out {I cut ours on our cricut but you can free hand this and draw it on the canvas}
pencil
Start by painting your canvas, I recommend a solid color or super simple design {i.e. polk a dots, paint splatter effect…}this will make your letter pop even more if it has a less distracting background.
Once the background color is dry, using your pencil trace your letter on your canvas. If you don’t have a paper letter cutout you can freehand this step, it will make it even more unique!
Now paint your letter, it’s ok if your paint gets outside of your lines, it’s art after all! You’ll want to use a color that is different from your background color. White is a good one and will really make the buttons and rhinestones standout.
Now the REAL FUN begins! After your letter is dry you can start blinging it out with all those fun rhinestones and buttons! Working in small sections at a time start gluing all that bling on! Painting it on the canvas with a paint brush works great for this. Just paint the glue on where you want to glue something down, you’ll want to use a fairly good amount of glue so everything stays in place. We use several different types of glue and Tacky Glue is hands down the best for projects like these!
When your letter is totally covered in buttons and rhinestones you’ll want to sprinkle it with glitter. That will fill in all the little spaces in between perfectly! We used extra fine glitter for this step.
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