Simple & Fun Watercolor Process Art Project For Kids

Kids will love these easy to make textured watercolor paintings using watercolor paints and paper. Not only is this process art fun to make but the finished painting looks super cool!

For our first day back to school after a long Christmas break I really wanted to incorporate a fun art project into our day. Doing art with your children is fun, inspiring and educational. The project we did was a perfect transition activity that I used to break up our school day at regular intervals. 

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The focus of our art project was on texture and color as they made an abstract piece of art. This project was a process piece since it wasn't complete after their first attempt and it fit in perfect with our first day back to school! 

My kids LOVED this art project and so did I. It is the perfect project for kids of all ages too. Let me tell you how we made our fun textured watercolor paintings so your kids can make their own at home too.

Fun Textured Watercolor Art Project For Kids

Before you start gather up the following supplies to create your artwork!

Supplies For This Project:

water color paints
paint brushes
white construction paper
container for water

Directions to Make Textured Watercolor Art

1.  Cut the white construction paper into smaller pieces. It is easiest to fold the paper in half then in half again and cut out the four pieces along the fold lines.

2.  Next crumple up one piece of paper into a ball (this was my children's favorite part!)

3.  Leaving the papers crumpled into a ball select one color of paint and paint all around the crumpled paper ball. Let it dry while still crumpled up.

4.  Once the paint is dry carefully unfold the paper and press it down gently. 

5.  Crumple the paper back into a ball, select a different color and again paint the outside of the ball.

Repeat these steps one more time with a third color! Keep going layering color after color until you are happy with your painting.

We ended up doing three colors for our paintings but feel free to do more! After the paper is completely dry unfold the paper and gently press it open. Set a heavy object like a stack of books on top of the paper and let it sit overnight to really flatten the paper. 

Ideas For Using Your Finished Watercolor Paintings

These beautiful pieces of finished art can be used for many things like little note cards, cute garland if you cut them into shapes and attach them to a string, a collage by attaching them to a big piece of poster board or just leave them as they are and frame them. 

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