This St. Patrick’s Day craft for kids combines both art and science. Your kids will enjoy making this wax resist watercolor shamrock craft.
My kids love coloring with a white crayon and painting over it with watercolors. They love how their design “magically” appears.
We made wax resist watercolor painted Valentine’s cards for Valentine’s Day. We decided to use the same technique to make Shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day.
How the wax resist painting works: The wax from the crayon resists the watercolor leaving the white crayon to show. Basically, the watercolor doesn’t stick to the wax from the crayon.
It works best if you press down hard when coloring with the white crayon.
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Keep reading for more St. Patrick’s Day kids crafts.
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Wax Resist Watercolor Shamrock Supplies:
Wax Resist Watercolor Shamrock Instructions:
Draw or trace a shamrock on your white paper. Or use shamrock clip art.
With your white crayon, draw a design on your shamrock. Press down hard with your white crayon, it will make it easier to see when it is painted over.
Using your green watercolor paint, paint your shamrock. Notice how your design “magically” appears.
Let your shamrock dry completely. Then cut it out.
I hope you enjoy making your wax resist watercolor shamrock craft with your kids.
Ways To Adapt This Craft
The wax resist watercolor painting works with any crayon color. I like to use the white crayon because I like the way it looks.
You can use any crayon color to draw the design and then paint over it with watercolors.
You can use this technique to paint St. Patrick’s Day cards. You can write a message with your crayon and then paint over it with watercolors.
