It seem to be the norm now that whenever when we go out and about Ethan seem to be picking up lots of odd things he likes such as feathers, rocks, flowers, sticks and stones. You name it we’ve got them all. He would placed them in the buggy. By the end of each and everyday, I have noticeably have a collection of feathers in his arty corner. Here we decided to do printing out of them. It is also ideal for making wrapping papers for presents or even on fabrics too or just hang it up on the wall. So far, I have discovered 2 ways of printing methods.
First of all what you need:
Feathers, 1x A3 size paper, lots of scrap papers, a roller (optional, but recommended), acrylic paint. Also for later if you would like to turn it into a book cover then you would need 1x A4 size sketch book and a roll of film cover.
METHOD 1: Individual Feather Printing
1. Paint on the feather.
2. Place the feather on a piece of paper.
3. Use clean scrap paper to place over and press hard with your hands or using a roller.
4. Remove the scrap paper gently. Then remove feather gently. Wait for paint to dry.
5. Repeated these stages with a different colour. Ethan has decided he wanted red.
Once the paint has dried, I turned it into his sketch book cover by placing a clear film sheet over it to protect it from any surface dirt and scratches.
But there is a faster way!
What you need:
Feathers, A4 size book, 1 x sheet of A4 blank paper, acrylic paint, a roller and some glitter (optional, but recommended)
METHOD 2: Multi-Feathers Printing
1. Paint all of the feathers. With the painted side facing up, arrange them on a piece of blank paper the way you want your print to look like on your desired artwork, a canvas, paper, bags, etc. (As this will resulted in reverse or negative print). Here I have used a book. I have also mixed glitter with the paint to give that extra sparks.
2. Place the front of the book – face down onto the feathers.
3. Press hard. With hands and/ or with a roller. Here I have opened up the book to press against the back of the front page to make sure that the print is pressed.
4. Left the book up gently from the blank piece of paper. You will find that the feathers will sticks onto the book due to wet paint.
5. Gently lift and remove the feather one by one. Wait for the paint to dry. Then there you have it! Voilà!
Why not give it a try yourself or let your kid’s creativity sparks?…
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I love this, we have feathers all over the farm and the children staying here love collecting them. It would make a lovely craft hour activity for us, I’m going to pin this. Thank you for the idea and I’d love you to join my Trash to Treasure link up. Popping by now from #SundayStars
Great! Glad you like the idea. Would love to come and see it happening in person! 🙂 It would be a great day out for the kids too. Yes, love to join Trash to Treasure link up soon. Where about can I find you? Apology, I’m new at this…
What a great idea! That makes a super cute result, too!! I will have to try this with my girls! Thanks so much for linking up with #heymomma!
Yes, do. It’s great fun. 🙂
That neat! Visiting from Hey Momma!
Kristi@Stone Family Farmstead
Thank you. Glad you like it.
Beautiful and so pretty too. What a lovely idea 🙂 Thanks for linking up to #SundayStars Jess x
Thank you so much! 🙂
What a beautiful idea, my boys love collecting things too. Thanks for linking up to #PickNMix
Thank you. Ethan is like the King of found feathers collector. lol!
What a cute idea! Thanks for linking up to #PicknMix
Stevie x
Thank you for your comment! 🙂
This is such a fun idea! #letkidsbekids
Thank you for your comment Eileen! 🙂
These are so very effective! I love them. We’ll have to try some feather printing with our collection. Thanks for sharing! 🙂 x
Thank you very much. That’s very kind. Hope you will enjoy it. x
Lovely idea for getting creative with all the wonderful things you find on adventures. It looks really pretty and fun to do.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
Thank you. We enjoyed making them. 🙂 x
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