We took scrape painting process art and turned it into a super fun (and messy!) bunny art project that is perfect for spring or Easter. I love how these bunnies turned out, it was fun to see the patterns that the paint made when we scraped our paper, each one turned out different. We edged our bunny silhouettes in gold glitter to make them extra special.
This is a wonderful art project for preschool-aged kids, older kids will love this technique as well. Process art is always a hit, kids love getting messy and exploring with paint.
We love exploring different painting techniques. Check out my collection of painting ideas for kids for more fun and creative art projects to try!
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Make your own scrape painting with bunny silhouettes
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Supplies
- Free printable template
- Acrylic paint in squeeze bottles
- Scissors
- White cardstock
- Old credit cards, hotel cards or stiff cardboard
- Gold glitter paint or glitter glue (optional)
Instructions to make your bunny art
1. First, print out your bunny silhouettes. You can either print them directly onto cardstock and cut them out or print out one copy and use that as a template to trace onto your cardstock.
2. Get all of your paint colors ready. We went with spring and Easter colors (blue, yellow, green, pink and purple) but you can use any colors you like.
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This is a messy project! So you will need to have lots of paper towels on hand to wipe up paint and make sure to put down newspaper on the surface that you are working on.
It might also be a good idea for your kids to wear some type of paint smock or old clothes, something I always forget until we are already halfway into our projects!
3. Have kids squeeze small amounts of paint onto their paper. My daughter did some experimenting and found that drizzling the paint across her paper gave a more splattered look, which we both liked the best. It’s fun for kids to experiment, get creative and find their own style.
4. Once your paper is covered with paint kids can take their scraper tool and scrape the paint off their paper. Have paper towels handy to wipe off the excess paint.
I found it worked best to start at the bottom and scrape up, but again, let kids do some experimenting and get creative with their scrape painting. That’s what process art is all about, trying out new things and exploring.
5. Let your bunny silhouettes completely dry before moving on. You might find that the edges of the paper get a bit curly, just press them under some books after they dry.
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6. This part is optional, but I really like the way it turned out. Take your gold glitter paint(or your choice of color) and edge your bunny silhouettes. Let them dry, we let ours dry overnight as our paint went on quite thick in some areas.
These bunnies look so colorful and cute and were so fun to make! Kids will love scraping the paint away to reveal all of the cool patterns on their paper. They will want to make more than one!
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Process Art Scrape Painting with Bunny Silhouettes
Use beautiful spring colors to make this bunny scrape painting that is perfect for spring or Easter. A great project for preschool-aged kids and beyond.
Materials
- Printable template
- White cardstock
- Acrylic paint in squeeze bottles
- Gold glitter paint or glitter glue (optional)
- Paper towels
Tools
- Scissors
- Old credit cards, hotel cards or stiff cardboard
Instructions
- Print out the bunny template onto white cardstock. You can cut the template out before you start or after your bunny painting is complete.
- Have kids choose the paint colors they would like to use. Have your plastic card and paper towels ready. Put newspaper down to help contain the mess and make clean up easier.
- Start squeezing out the paint onto your template. Kids can explore how they squeeze out the paint. Try drizzling the paint on or squeezing out small dots, each will give a different effect.
Remind kids not to squeeze too much paint. - Take a plastic card and start to scrape the paint off the template. Use paper towels to wipe the paint off the card as you scrape.
Once kids are done scraping all the paint off their templates, let the painting dry completely before moving on. - Once the painting is dry, cut out the template if needed. As an optional step, you could edge your bunny painting in glitter paint.
Nancy
This is awesome!
ProjectswithKids
Thank you so much Nancy! 🙂
Rhonda Miller
Where is the password given?
ProjectswithKids
Hi Rhonda,
By clicking on one of the links in the post and signing up for my email you will immediately receive a welcome email giving you the password to my printable resource library. Hope that helps. 🙂
Angela