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Creative Saturdays – Tadeo Turtle with Paper and Glue

Today I used very simple materials to create an interesting picture.

Materials

Scrapbook papers
Glue (I used Mod Podge)
Scissors
Paper (I used watercolour paper)
A permanent marker

Instructions

Decide on your subject. I decided to create Tadeo in a background of bushes and water.

Cut up the paper into squares, triangles, odd shapes. I used the long rectangles for trees, bushes; a long piece for the log, and the small pieces for the water.

Draw an outline of where you object will be. If I were to do this again I would start with the background and then put my turtle on at the end. But I didn’t so I worked the background around the turtle.

Put the glue on the paper in the area you will be working. Place the paper and cover with glue. Continue on for each piece.

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My fingers did get quite sticky with the glue but it was so much fun.

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Here is the picture before I added some details with the black marker.

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Here is the final picture.

I hope you enjoy making this as much as I did. Please send your photos to me so I can update the Gallery.

TADEO TURTLE

If you purchase a Tadeo Turtle from my website I will send you an autographed copy. You will also receive a free ebook and a card (butterfly, hummingbird or fall forest).

Please check out more about my book Tadeo Turtle on Tadeo’s Page.

You will find more activities at the back of my book. And a 24-page curriculum is available if you ask.

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Janis

Creative Saturdays – Mixed Media Tadeo Turtle

This week we moved to our winter residence in Arizona. I found a few minutes to have fun – real fun. I found some scrapbooking papers that I had picked up at a garage sale and wondered what I could do with them.

This is what turned out.

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Materials:

papers – all sorts
scissors
watercolour paper
paints and brushes
salt
podge or white glue

Instructions:

Decide on your animals, fish or plants. Cut out from the papers. I decided on Tadeo and made three of them.

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Put your pieces together to make your figures.

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On the watercolour paper apply water using a brush or spray bottle. Drop colours onto the wet paper. Sprinkle salt.

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Let dry.

Decide on your pattern for the figures. I tried several placements before I was happy with the result.

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Now paste the figures onto the dried watercolour paper. Then paste over again all over the picture. This was fun.

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Wait until completely dry. I added more watercolour on top of the pasted paper. This turned out to be interesting as the colours were different and I saw shapes appear.

I added the eyes and toes with black marker. Additional details could be added to the picture as well.

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Don’t forget to send me your child’s pictures. Send them to Janis Cox and I will put them up in the Children’s Gallery.

Please check out more about my book Tadeo Turtle on Tadeo’s Page. You will find more activities at the back of my book. And a 24-page curriculum is available if you ask.

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To find more craft ideas from He Cares for Us go to Crafts for Kids.

I sometimes link to:

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