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Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

January 8, 2016 By Jenae 7 Comments

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

 

I am sort of obsessed with watercolor art…especially watercolor resist art.  So far we have made watercolor initial art, watercolor spider web art, and leaf watercolor art.

 

This Watercolor Conversation Heart art was inspired by all of the beautiful colors contained in a box of conversation hearts.  We chose not to add words to our hearts to keep our artwork simple, but you could easily add them.  This art activity is super simple but definitely something you will want to keep for years to come!

 

Here is what you’ll need:

Watercolors (we love these)

Hot glue gun (we have a high-temp gun that I use and a low-temp gun I let the kids use)

Canvases that have been pre-gessoed (regular canvases won’t absorb the watercolor)

 

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1.  Trace several hearts on your pre-gessoed canvas.  If you want to add words to the inside of each heart (like a typical conversation heart), you can trace those letters as well.  We opted to just keep ours plain.

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

2.  Use a glue gun to trace over the pencil-drawn hearts.  I let my almost 8-year old use the low-temp glue gun to trace his own hearts.  I used my high-temp glue gun to trace my 6-year old’s.  If you added words to your canvas, be sure to trace over the words with your glue gun as well!

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

 

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

 

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

3.  Give your child the watercolors and a glass of water and let him/her get busy painting inside each heart.  These are our absolute favorite watercolors as they contain beautiful colors not found in the Crayola set.

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

I just love how colorful this artwork is!

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

Isn’t it pretty?

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

As long as your child can paint inside of the heart, he/she is able to make this beautiful art.  The texture of the hot glue creates a natural border for the paintbrush!

 

Watercolor Conversation Heart Art

 

 

Check out more Valentines Day activities and crafts here.

 

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Comments

  1. Jennifer Tammy says

    January 13, 2016 at 5:27 pm

    This is such a gorgeous art activity for kids!
    I love how independent they can be with this project, while creating a piece of work that they can be proud of!

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      January 15, 2016 at 8:25 pm

      Thank you so much, Jennifer!

      Reply
  2. michelle says

    February 2, 2016 at 6:20 am

    would this work with just regular kids watercolors, not the nicer ones you used?

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      February 3, 2016 at 2:24 pm

      Yes it will!

      Reply
  3. Hinitex says

    July 2, 2018 at 3:55 pm

    So true,
    The bristles on the clear handled brushes are stuck together like someone glued them. I spent 1/2 hr. trying to separate them and just not worth the effort. I should have paid more attention to the reviews and not bought them. They are going back waste of time and effort. Cannot believe a company could sell such low quality useless brushes knowing they are NO GOOD

    Reply
  4. Brittany says

    February 10, 2020 at 4:21 am

    What are the brand of canvas and watercolor paints? I click the underlined material list and it just opens up a blank page. I want to do this for my daughters Valentine’s class party but want to get the right materials needed! Thank you!

    Reply

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