Tissue paper Archives · Art Projects for Kids

23 Apr 2019

Tissue Paper Flowers

Need a pretty but inexpensive Mother’s Day project? Tissue paper flowers cost pennies and can be modified to neatly fit any size jar. All you need is an old baby food jar, tissue paper, white glue and a couple of green pipe cleaners. This tissue flower project has been pretty popular, so I thought I’d repost it with the … Read More

4 Dec 2018

How to Paint Snowy Skies

by Kathleen Barbro | posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Christmas, Holiday, Painting, Tissue paper, Winter | 0

One of my favorite winter art projects for kids uses bleeding tissue paper to create a lovely swirl of snowy skies with just the right mix of color. All you need to do is overlap little squares of bleeding tissue paper on wet watercolor paper, wait a moment, and remove. The color left behind does all its magic. You would … Read More

30 Jul 2018

Tissue Paper Collage Boxes

by Kathleen Barbro | posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Collage, Tissue paper | 0

These tissue paper collage creations are made from old Mac keyboard boxes. I was happy to see that the narrow format encouraged more creative layouts. I recommend using the non-bleeding type of tissue paper for making images that do not run together. Most online art stores offer both the bleeding and non-bleeding type. These boxes were made by 2nd and … Read More

13 Jul 2018

Dandelion Painting

by Kathleen Barbro | posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Painting, Sharpies, Tissue paper | 0

Paint a dandelion tutorial with bleeding tissue paper and rubber cement for masking the flower. Super fun combo of media. MATERIALS • Watercolor paper • Bleeding tissue paper* • Paint brush and water • Ultra fine tip black Sharpie markers* *The above product links are referrals. If you click through and take action, I’ll be compensated a small amount, at … Read More

6 Dec 2017

Winter Trees and Tissue Paper Skies

by Kathleen Barbro | posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Christmas, Holiday, Tissue paper, Winter | 0

You can make this winter tree drawing with the help of bleeding tissue paper. Just apply water to small squares and they leave behind amazing swirly winter skies. This worked for a series of art trading cards today, but I can’t wait to try it on a larger format. You would think that a bunch of tissue squares would leave … Read More

3 Apr 2016

Blooming Tissue Paper Flowers

by Kathleen Barbro | posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Common Core Projects, Tissue paper | 0

Math and crafts make for fun steam projects for elementary students. These flowers are folded into quarters and eighths. MATERIALS • Card stock paper, blue • Card stock paper, green • Tissue paper, assorted colors • Glue stick • Scissors DIRECTIONS Students cut three stems from green paper and glue them to a blue background. Students are shown how to cut circles … Read More

29 Feb 2016

Cast Tissue Tiles

by Kathleen Barbro | posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Kindergarten, Paper crafts, Tissue paper | 2

I tried this wonderful Cast Tissue Paper project today. It worked really well for my range of kinder – 3rd graders. I just replaced the glue with liquid starch to keep things a little less sticky. MATERIALS • Rubbing Plates • Bleeding Tissue paper • White glue / water • Brush • Chip board • Duct tape DIRECTIONS PREP: Cut … Read More

14 Dec 2015

Bleeding Tissue Paper Art

by Kathleen Barbro | posted in: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Christmas, Painting, Tissue paper, Winter | 1

You can make tissue paper art projects for kids with small squares of turquoise and purple (make sure it’s bleeding tissue!). Apply water and they leave behind amazing swirly winter skies. This worked for a series of art trading cards today, but I can’t wait to try it on a larger format. You would think that a bunch of tissue … Read More