Crayon Resist Valentine Card – Kids Crafts

Simple Valentine’s Projects Your Kids Will Love

Materials

• White Crayon (or pastel)
• Water-Based Marker
• Watercolor Paint
• Paintbrush and water cup
• Watercolor Paper (or thick construction paper)
• Newspaper

Instructions

Start by folding your watercolor paper in half to make it into a card shape. Crease the fold and then open the paper back up and lay it down.

Next, take a white crayon and draw images onto the paper. The images can range from hearts and words to abstract swirls. Flip the paper and draw with white crayon on the back as well. If the white is too difficult to see, you can use a pastel crayon instead. Once all of the drawings are done, lay the paper on top of a stack of newspapers, to keep your workspace clean while you are watercolor painting.

Next comes the fun part.

Using your watercolor paint, brush streaks of color across the entire page. If children are too young to use watercolor paint, you can also use water-based. You will see that the parts covered in white crayon will stay white. Kids are amazed by how magical this process seems and it instantly turns the Valentine into a vibrant, one-of-a-kind card.