What you can do to avoid boredom while staying inside

What you can do to avoid boredom might be easier than you think! Are you running out of things to do to keep you and your children busy after 3 weeks of staying in your home? This fun technique will keep you and your children busy for hours. Creating a fun way to do art and learn about colors is quite easy with this technique I am sharing with you today.

Materials needed for this project are:

• a vinyl table cloth to protect your table,
• two – three ink refills
• Water spritzer with a fine mist
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• window sheets/cello bags/or plastic wrap (cut larger than Watercolor paper pieces)

Let’s get ready!

Cover your table, it’s about to get messy! Cut your Whisper White cardstock into pieces measuring 4″ x 5 1/4″. Let them choose two to three ink refill colors. I am sure they will be experimenting with different color combinations. Surprisingly, half the fun will be learning how two colors will create a third color when they combine together. Guiding your children with their color choices will help with their project not end up being a muddy mess .

Here are the products I used to create the card in this video.

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• Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set #151407
• Staz On ink pad #101406
• Pineapple Punch Ink Refill # 147180
• Calypso Coral Ink Refill #122934
• Melon Mambo Ink Refill #115662
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper #149612
• Stampin’ Spritzer #126185

Let them have fun and get messy!

Getting ink on their hands is sure to happen. Don’t worry, it will eventually wash off with a little soap and water. I guarantee your children won’t be patient enough to wait for their creations to dry. Have them create the mats one day. Let them dry overnight. The next day they can use markers or crayons to create a unique drawing or stamp images on the mats.

Now to decide what to do with these works from their heart! They may choose to adhere them to card bases and send off to someone to put a smile on their face. They may choose to add them to a frame to give as a gift. Whatever they decide, your children will be proud of the end result and not even realize they were learning while creating.

Do you or your children love to paint or water color? Check out this other technique that can help when you hear,”I’m bored!”

Who knew? A technique you use on hand made greeting cards can help you when you are thinking up things to do with your children & what you can do to avoid boredom.