🍌 Colour by paper! I’ve taught this craft to so many people!

This craft technique holds a special place in my heart. I came up with this messy mosaic method (woowee- alliteration lol 😂) when I was littleand I have since gone on to teach others how to do it too. It’s like collage meets colouring. Now I doubt I’m the only person to ever do this. All I know is I didn’t learn it from anyone anywhere. When I was a kid there was no computer so no Youtube, etc. Just me in my room creating. So if you’ve done this before let me know 🙂

I do know from experience that this is a great activity to do with little kids but of course any age can do it too. It’s an excellent lesson on patience and persistence. The more patient you are, the more you fill your page and the nicer the result.

If this craft interests you for your own kids, students or maybe you just want to try something new and brighten up your sketchbook here are the simple steps (save for future reference):

1- Find a simple colouring page.

If you are working with younger children, I suggest a simple design with a thick outline to make it easier for them to fill in and maybe cut out. A simple google search will yield free colouring page options.

2- Identify the colours you need to gather up coloured paper.

This can be left over construction paper, scrapbook paper, magazines, card stock etc. Rip up the colours, now remember you need a variety of sizes to create your mosaic style.

3- Get a glue stick and white glue.

I highly recommend using a glue stick to glue down your pieces. First of all the paper would warp with liquid glue first, the glue stick gives you more control. You can either put glue on the paper and place the bit over the sticky parts or glue each piece one by one. It’s a question of preference. When you’re done cover your artwork with a layer of white glue, covering everything. This will cause there to be a clear hard coat as well as keeping everything down.

4- Optional: After your piece dries it’s time to cut! Only do this step if you are planning to put it in a sketchbook, a display board or on a scrapbook or sketchbook page. Otherwise you may choose to leave it or decorate the background of the computer paper.

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