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Easy Textured Tissue Paper Craft For Kids

This fun DIY tissue paper craft allows kids to create a colorful craft of their choice. Make them as large or as small as you want. You can also use this tissue paper technique to make different shapes and designs as well.
Print Tutorial
easy tissue paper heart craft with pink and orange on shiplap with glue bottle, pencil and cut out hearts.
Prep:5 minutes
Creating:20 minutes
Additional Time:20 minutes
Total Time:45 minutes

Equipment

  • Pencil
  • Scrap Tagboard
  • Scissors

Supplies

Instructions

  • Cut tagboard into desired shape. We cute a 5" heart to work on.
    hands cutting heart out of tagboard for heart project for kids.
  • Cut tissue paper into squares. This can either be done before hand or as kids are working. They do not have to be perfect. Place glue on paper plate of scrap tagboard.
    tissue paper, heart, pencil and glue on plate.
  • Wrap one square of tissue paper around the end of the pencil.
    hands wrapping square tissue paper around end of pencil for easy heart craft for kids.
  • Tap in glue. If you have too much glue, tap on the extra tagboard before adding to heart.
    pencil with tissue paper getting put in glue to add to heart art project.
  • Add to the edge of the heart.
    one piece of tissue paper on white heart with glue plate on art table.
  • Repeat until the whoel heart is covered with tissue paper.
    hand wrapping tissue paper around pencil edge with tissue paper heart craft in the background.
  • Let Dry.
    textured tissue paper in orange, pink on heart project.

Notes

The tighter you place the tissue paper the more full and textured the heart will feel. Have fun with colors are designs the kids create on the shapes.
Author: Erin
Cost: Less than $5