When I was a teacher the kids and I loved doing Eric Carle inspired pieces, painting large papers with various types of texture creating techniques and then cutting them up into many coloured collages!  I have always wanted to extend this to tissue paper and so we gave it a go!

The floral piece is for our son’s teacher at the end of the year to say, “Thank you for helping me grow!” Our daughter’s ice cream cone- “Being in your class has been a real treat!”  Personally I love her simple shape collage! (A great way to start!)

Materials

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

  • Tissue paper
  • Acrylic paint
  • Paint brushes (Or any other materials to make texture)
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Acrylic gloss
  • Canvas boards (you could also use think paper such as cardstock)
  • We also find a smock and craft tray helpful for every project:

Painted Tissue Paper Collage from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Directions

  • We went out into nature to get some inspiration for our project, taking photos of some of the neighbourhood blooms.

Painted Tissue Paper Collage from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Painted Tissue Paper Collage from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

  • We then drew sketches of various flowers we saw:

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

  • Don your smock and carefully paint your tissue paper using brushes or various items to create the appearance of texture.  We went with something simple, but you could extend this however you like!

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

  • Allow to dry overnight.
  • Here are a few examples:

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

 

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

 

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

  • Carefully cut blooms out of your tissue paper, gluing them to your board.  One trick we did was to draw out our bloom and then to cut inside the lines to eliminate the pencil marks.  Another tip that is also helpful for children is to do a rough cut around your shape to make it easier to manage when cutting the actual shape out in finer detail.  The stems are just simple strips.

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

  • We allowed this to dry overnight and then gently finished off the projects with a thin layer of acrylic gloss.

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

  • Here are our experimentations with other summer-y ideas: cacti, watermelons and ice cream cones!

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Purpose

  • Learning how to create the look of texture with paint
  • Exploring the technique of collage, compiling various cutouts to create an overall image, which may include the process of layering

Safety Notes

  • Wear a smock and use a craft tray to protect your clothing and work surfaces.
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    • Bonnie Scorer

      Thank you so much for the positive feedback! I will pass it along to the kids! Sincerely, Bonnie Scorer-

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