LearnCreateLove

Printable Crafts and Craft Ideas for Kids

  • Crafts
    • Animal Crafts
    • Bugs & Bird Crafts
    • Character & Mythical Creature Crafts
    • Holiday Crafts
    • Miscellaneous Crafts
    • Nature Crafts
    • Seasonal Crafts
    • Suggest a Printable
  • Activities & Play
    • Playdough & Craft Recipes
    • Games & Puzzles
    • Sensory & Small World
    • Pretend Play Sets
    • Paper Bag Puppets
  • Painting Fun
  • Learning Section
    • Printable Letters & Numbers
    • Printables & Activities
    • Themed Weekly Units
  • Books
    • Book of the Week
    • Chapter Books
  • About Us
  • Site
    • General Information
    • Usage & Copyright Info
    • Troubleshooting
    • Suggest a Printable
You are here: Home / Arts & Crafts / Leaf Stencil Art

Leaf Stencil Art

November 1, 2011 by Kimberly Leave a Comment

Leaf Stencil Art - love how they turned out!





Aren’t they gorgeous? Lorelai was asking to do another craft and these were pretty easy to make. A little time consuming when it came to cutting the stencils out (15 or so minutes) but the end product was so worth it. Directions below. =)

Cut out the leaf center

Painting the leaf

Mixing colors

I love watercolors!

Leaf 1 & Leaf 2 & Leaf 3



Materials We Used:

  • Cardstock, 2 sheets for each leaf (one for the stencil, one to paint on)
  • Watercolors – scarlet, brown, burnt yellow
  • Pairing knife (or an exacto knife, or scissors if you’re extremely patient)
  • Tape (optional)

Directions:

Print out the leaf stencil guidelines onto cardstock. Using your pairing knife (trust me, save yourself the headache and just use a knife!) and slowly cut out the inside of the leaf. It’s kind of hard to stay on the lines, but as long as you don’t go too far off, it should be fine. Go slowly and push out the paper as you go. Once the leaf center is out, you will be left with the stencil – that’s the part you’ll want to keep. Layer the stencil on top of another piece of cardstock, tape to hold them together, and then paint. Make sure the edges around the leaf are down so that the paint won’t leak out. Once the entire leaf is painted, take off the tap and slowly lift the top paper. You should be left with a pretty awesome leaf. =)

Tip: Use liquid watercolors (dab the brush in the paint, dip in water quickly, and paint). The strip of hard Crayola watercolors are pretty impossible, and the colors aren’t nearly as bright.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Printables Tagged With: fall craft, leaf craft, printable craft, stencil

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Security Question (solve) * Time limit is exhausted. Please reload CAPTCHA.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Welcome to LearnCreateLove!
               

Follow Us On Facebook!

Newsletter Subscription

Popular Posts









Round-Ups

  A "round-up" is a collection of crafts of a specific topic. You can find all of our crafts indexed in the "Crafts" section in the header. Here you will find the few round-ups we have done on different topics. Enjoy!

Post Categories


Disclaimer

LearnCreateLove and it's owner are not to be held liable if injury should occur while doing a craft, project, activity, etc. that you found on this website. Any and all crafts, projects, activities, etc. that you do are done at your own discretion; please use caution and do only age-appropriate activities with your children.

Copyright © 2023 · LearnCreateLove All Rights Reserved

Copyright © 2023 · Delightful Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in