20 Process Art Ideas

BY: JENNIFER AGUILAR

FALL 2016

Fall Window Art: Leaf Suncatchers

Materials

Step by Step Process

White round coffee filters

Paper leaf guide

Use the leaf template to cute out coffee

filter leaves.

Use the scissors to cut through 3 to 5 filters

at a time.

Use the eyedropper/paintbrush to apply the

liquid watercolors

Afterwards move the fragile leaves onto a

sheet of plastic to dry.

Afterwards use the tape to stick them to the

windows

Scissors

Eyedropper/paintbrush

Liquid watercolors/water coloring

Plastic

Tape

Autumn Leaf Art

Materials

Step by Step Process

First gather the leaves and then

press and dry them

After they are pressed, you can

draw, write, or just doodle on the
leaves with the sharpies.

Use the mod podge on the leaves to

bring out their vibrant colors again.

Autumn leaves, preferably pressed

Metallic Sharpie markers

Mod Podge

Tissue Paper Art Fall Tree Craft

Materials

Step by Step process

Tear apart the tissue paper n the

cardboard.

Spray them with the water bottle

Press them down a little.

Work surface- We used cardboard.

Let the tissue paper dry

Small piece of cardboard to create each trunk

After they dry remove the dried

tissue paper from the cardboard

Bleeding Art Tissue- Regular tissue paper will not work. The
package must say bleeding art tissue.

Watercolor Paper

Spray bottle filled with water

Fork

Apple Stamping

Materials

Step by step process

Adult- cut the apple in half

Put the paint on paper plates to dip

the apple in.

Take the apple dip it in the paint and

then push it down on the
cardboard/paper.

If the apple is too slippery poke a

fork in it.

Apples

Paint

Paper plates

Cardboard/paper

Cardboard comb painting

Materials

Step by step process

Child friendly paint

Thick cardboard

Cut the cardboard to look like combs

teeth

Put the paint on the paper

Let the child use the cardboard to

make comb like streaks on the paper

Scissors

Paper for printing on

Eye dropper painting

Materials

Step by step process

Add 10 drops of food coloring to a

cup and mix in 4 tablespoons of
water

Draw up into a plastic dropper

Set activity tray under paper towels

Drip onto the paper towels

Dropper or pipettes

Absorbent paper towel sheets

Water

Food coloring
Activity tray

cups

Paint on foil

Materials

Step by step process

Aluminum foil

Cotton swabs

Staple a piece of construction paper

to aluminum foil for extra support.

Put the tempera paint in a container

and add a generous squirt of liquid
dish soap to it.

Then allow the children to dip the

cotton swabs into the paint and
move it over the aluminum foil

Tempera paint
Liquid dish soap

Construction paper (optional)

Gear Painting

Materials

Step by step process

Use poster puddy to attach the ends

of a paintbrush to the gears.

Put the paint into each bowl

Use the gears in each paint with the

construction paper.

Press the gears down on the

construction paper.

Toy gears

Paint brushes
Poster putty
Tempera paint

White construction paper

Paint with jell-o

Material

Step by step process

Jell-o powder

Water

Mix the jell-o powder with water in a

bowl

Set out the paintbrushes and allow

the children to dip them into the jello
powder

Draw on the construction paper

Paintbrushes

Construction paper

Yarn Painting

Materials

Step by step process

Mat board

First cut the yarn

Yarn

Dip the yarn into a bowl of glue

Arrange them on a mat board

Let them dry overnight

Paint over the yarn the next day

Scissors
White glue

Tempera paint

Xylophone Paintings

Materials

Step by step process

Xylophone mallet

Fuzzy balls

Paint
Bowls

Use the xylophone mallet and attach

the fuzzy ball to the end of it.

Dip it in the paint

Use it to draw on the cardboard

cardboard

Water paint on chalkboard

Materials

Step by step process

Chalkboard

Chalk

Cup of water

Paintbrush

Color the chalkboard with the chalk

Dip the paintbrushes into the cup of

water

Allow children to draw on the

chalkboard with the water.

Finger sponge painting

Materials

Step by step process

Attach a ring through the pieces of

sponge

Put the ring on your finger

Dip into paint

Draw on the cardboard

Pieces of sponges

Paints

Cardboard

Ring to go through the sponges

Sparkly Fall leaves

materials

Step by step process

Sparkly objects

Tacky glue

Felt leaves

Squeeze the glue onto the felt leaves

Press buttons, sequins, or anything

sparkly onto them.

Let dry

String several leaves up using ribbon

to hang as decorations

Kid-made fall nature wreath

materials

Step by step process

Collect fall nature items

Cardboard

Glue
scissors

Cut out a circle out of cardboard

Glue the nature items you collected

to the circle you cut out

Let dry

Pinecone painting turkey craft

materials

Step by step process

Place paper in box

Add paint to the paper

Paper

Pop the pinecones in the box

Scissors

Roll them around in the box

Googly eyes

Let the paint dry

Brown, red, and orange paper

Cut out the turkey torso, waddle, and beak

Cut the painting into a half circle

Glue your turkey pieces to your painting

Add glitter if you want.

Pinecones

Paint

Glue
Glitter

box

Mess free process art for toddlers

Materials

Step by step process

Empty oatmeal container

Open the oatmeal container

Bend the paper gently to place inside the

container

Squirt one of your colors of paint into the

bottom of the container

Toss your objects in

Close the lid and shake it up

Pull the cardstock paper out and see your

creation

2 different colors of washable paint

Cardstock paper

Random objects to shake inside

Falling leaf art

Materials

Step by step process

Peel the backing off of the con-tact

paper

Taped them sticky side up on the

ground

Drop the items you set out onto the

sticky paper

See what items stick to the tacky

paper

Con-tact paper
Fall materials

Painting fall trees with egg cartons

Materials

Step by step process

Place paint on paper plates

Cut up the egg carton

Dip egg carton into the paint and

place it on your paper

Paper

Egg carton

Start by drawing your tree and

branches on a sheet of paper

Crayons

Paint

Paper plates

Fall Marble Painting

Materials

Step by step process

Empty oatmeal container

Place the paper into the oatmeal

container

Drop in the different colors of paint

Place in the marbles and place the lid on

Let the marble roll around

Open the container and pull out your

picture

Cut into hand shapes and turn into a

turkey.

Marbles

Paper
paint