When you think of kids' art projects, usually visions of crayons and glue sticks come to mind, but not this time! This project turns photographs taken of letters (by you and your kids) into a gel medium transfer. It sounds complicated, but is an inexpensive and fun project that reinforces alphabet memorization.
This project comes to us from Delia of Delia Creates, over at Happy Together.
To create your own, take your children out into the wild and photograph words, letters and signs. You might take a few of the same photos they shoot, just in case theirs aren't all they hoped they would be. Next, assemble them together in a photo editing program (don't worry, it's free with step-by-step instructions on how to use it!) and print it out. Using gel medium attach the print to your canvas and rub away the paper, leaving behind the design.
The end result looks aged, modern and best of all, your little one had a hand in the whole thing! Make sure to read through the whole tutorial over at Happy Together! This same technique could be used for other things like photos, silhouettes or additional art.
(via: Happy Together via Craftzine)
(Image: Delia Crates via Happy Together)
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Oooh what a lovely idea! My 5-yr-old is starting to become alot more independent with crafting and decoupaging will be a great craft for her.
I would use mod podge since I have large tub of it left which I am sure will work fine though I am interested in the gel medium that is mentioned.
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clever! and very easy on the eyes.
We did a project very similar for my son's classroom school auction project last year...it was great! Each kid in the class was assigned a letter from the alphabet to photograph as a "found letter"...so we had a wide range of images and creativity. Then we printed each image out and mounted them on a custom relief wood frame that my husband made...it turned out great and sold at the auction for $800! And in order for each child to have his own copy of the piece, we printed out an 8x10 print of the entire "found alphabet". :)