Inspirational Quote Style Watercolour Birthday Cards
Inspirational quote style watercolour birthday card that even the younger kids can do
Inspirational quotes on a watercolour background seem to be everywhere right now. You can even buy kits to make your own from craft shops. But would you believe that a toddler can do it mostly using supplies from their craft box and a little help from you? You bet they can!
This article shows you how to make a birthday card in the watercolour inspirational quote style. The results can be spectacular and the card you see in this article was produced by a 2 1/2 year old!
Time: Painting time 10 minutes. Card preparation time up to 20 minutes.
Age: Any Age
Level: Easy
Materials
Watercolour paper. This is the one thing you may not already have in the craft box. You need paper that can absorb and stand up to a lot of water without disintegrating. This is exactly what watercolour paper is designed to do so it is crucial that you get some. I bought an A5 pad of it from a $2 shop for $5 but you can also buy it from art shops in single sheets (poster sized).
Acrylic paint. I used Crayola's washable non-toxic acrylic paint but any acrylic paint would work. You could also experiment with a children's watercolour set.
Paintbrush. A soft brush or "mop" that holds a bit of water is ideal.
Palette for watery paint. Or any other containers you are happy to have paint in.
White crayon
Old newspaper if you are concerned about the surface you are painting on.
Smock if needed to protect clothes.
(Optional) Computer. Only if you aren't confident to use your own handwriting.
Method
Remove a piece of watercolour paper from the pad. I find it best to rip out the page entirely and the cut along the perforation to get a nice edge.
Fold the sheet in half. If your sheet has rounded corners, fold up to the rounded edge and trim the excess.
Write "Happy Birthday" on the card in running writing using white crayon. Make sure you press down hard to transfer lots of crayon. If you don't like your own running writing, open an application like Word. You can type "Happy Birthday" in a large font size and change the font to something you'd like to use.
Find a font you like in Word and increase the font size to help you write Happy Birthday if you dont like your own handwriting
Three watery paint colours are mixed up to paint this particular card
Adding the first splotches of paint
Halfway through adding paint to the card
Almost finished
Our first attempt used paint that was too watery
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