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Remember the painted newspaper collage inspired by the book by The Carle Museum? Today's project is based on a project from The Carle's blog

CraftsForKids Paint Plaid Stamping SunCatcher

Remember the painted newspaper collage inspired by the book by The Carle Museum? Today's project is based on a project from The Carle's blog

Their artwork starts with folia paper (affiliate link) and is on a much larger scale than my tissue paper version.  Woven Tissue Paper Suncatcher Materials: tissue paper foam stamps Folk Art acrylic paint scissors large cardboard tube clear tape twine Steps:  Choose 5+ colors of tissue paper and paint that you like together. Stamp patterns onto the tissue paper. If you don't have stamps, use bottle caps, the end of a cardboard tube, or anything else you can find around the house to make a pattern. Or, you can fingerpaint!  I did a tone-on-tone and a different stamp for each...

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