When Emily came home from school this afternoon, I surprised her with this quick and easy color collage project. It was a great way to unwind from the school day!
To make your own, you will need some colorful crepe paper. We used party streamers — they worked perfectly and are very inexpensive! Emily loved ripping off bits of crepe paper and arranging them on a sheet of white paper.
Once she figured out her arrangement, she used a paintbrush dipped in a little water and “painted” the crepe paper.
Allow the water to dry completely, then peel off the crepe paper, and reveal your colorful design!! This proved to be a great low-mess alternative to traditional painting, with very little clean-up.
…and the colors are quite vibrant!
Have fun!!
Just normal party streamers? Pretty cool!
Yes, they came from Target. On the back of the package it says “product is not colorfast”, and most party streamers are the same way. I had some on-hand and thought I would give it a try — it worked!!
I love how colorful it is!
Thanks, Katie! I was surprised by that too — it worked really well! Have fun!!
ooo so pretty!! We will have to do this!
I bet Sammy will love it! Have fun!!
Fun! We have a bunch of streamers around here somewhere.
I just bought some bright yellow ones to add to our collection. They are so much fun!!
That seems like the bleeding tissue paper you’ve used before, but something I can probably find.
It’s essentially the exact same thing, but much easier to find! And cheaper too!
This is very interesting – I thought only bleeding tissue paper can do that. The colors do look awesome.
I never knew party streamers could do this either, but it worked really well. Have fun!!
Hey, that’s a lot cheaper than the special bleeding tissue paper- wonderful!
I was so happy it worked!! We’ll be doing some other projects like this again soon — it’s a lot of fun!
What a fantastic idea! I saw someone do this to dye a baby onesie once, but hadn’t thought to do it with paper. Definitely something to do with my kiddos, thanks for the idea!
You’re welcome –Wow, I love the idea of dyeing clothes with it too!!
I can’t believe how vibrant the colors are – so cool!
Red is exceptionally vibrant, but they all seem to work quite well. Have fun!!
Wow, it’s so pretty, I have to try it with kids sometime.
Yay!! Have fun crafting with the kiddos!
This is great for fine motor development too–tearing and picking the tissue. Pretty!
Good point! I think Clara would enjoy doing this too — I’ll have to do a similar project with her sometime soon!
You are so creative! I can’t imagine coming up with something like this. It is really beautiful.
Thanks so much, Phyllis! It’s lots of fun! Enjoy!!
I love surprises! I thought you were just going to have us water it and let it dry and it was supposed to stick that way. But the color left behind… my daughter will love that.
Emily thought it was SO cool! Have fun crafting with your daughter!! xoxo
I love this idea and can’t wait to try it out. 🙂 Thanks!
You’re welcome! Have fun!! xoxo
I agree with Trisha, great fine motor skills and it is just plain fun. Plus this is a project that last two days. Few materials too. This is a win/win project. 🙂
Thanks, Joyce! It’s so much fun, enjoy!!
Very nice. (And the cheaper kinds usually work better in transferring color.)
Good to know!!
I love this idea! Adding party streamers to my Dollar Tree shopping list! 🙂
Yay!! You’ll have so much fun with this — enjoy!!
I really look forward to trying this!!! We will probably try this later today or tomorrow. I am gonna add your button to my blog. I also follow you on Twitter and “like” you on facebook… Thanks!!!! =D
Thanks so much, Leslie!! I really appreciate it!!! xoxo
I LOVED this idea! I will add it to my closet for when my grandchildren come. They will LOVE it too.
Wonderful!!!!!! I’m so happy to hear that!!
I’m going to try this with my daycare kids today. Thanks for the great idea!
Perfect!!! Have fun with the kiddos!! xoxo
This is soo cool! Who knew!
Thanks!
Vanessa