Hi friends,
The Sacramento heatwave we’re experiencing inspired this week’s craft. At first, summer was feeling like an extended spring and then the heat rushed in. Micah and I even got the full effect as we crafted outside, sweating buckets, and truly feeling like we were out in the desert lol. Check out our paint-resist desert lizard, made with colored pencils, glue, and dye.
*Click on photos for a closer look
What You'll Need
White Construction Paper
Pencil
Colored Pencils
Glue
(2) Small Bowls
Food Dye
Spoon
The Steps
DESERT
Turn your paper horizontally and draw your mountains in the background.
2. Color your mountains and add a sky, clouds, sun, sand, rocks, cactus, etc.
LIZARD
Draw a basic, medium to large-sized lizard on the sand.
2. In the first bowl mix the red and green dyes with a bit of water to create brown or use whatever dye you’d like for your lizard. Ours turned pink when mixed with the glue.
3. In the second bowl add some glue, the dye mix, and blend them together with the spoon.
4. With the spoon add a bit of the dyed glue onto the lizard and spread with the tip, making lines/designs on the body. It ends up creating a paint resist type of effect.
Micah’s cute little lizard and my larger one.
5. Let the lizard dry for about 15-20 minutes.
That’s it!
We were trying to make tan-colored lizards but instead got this cute pink color. It turns out pink lizards actually exist! = )
Happy crafting!
Amanda and Naomi
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