Creating Art with Ms. Ginny

Toilet Paper Roll Flowers

SUPPLIES

  • Empty Toilet Paper Roll

  • Scissors

  • Tempra Paint

  • Paper (Colored or White)

  • Markers

  • Lid (from an empty soda or water bottle)

  • Tray for Paint

CREATE

  1. Cut small slits around tube of toilet paper tube about 1 inch high.  Use a marker to draw a line around the tube if needed for a guide. 

  2. Using your hand, press the cut areas up towards the non cut end.

  3. Pour a small amount of paint onto your tray and spread around for dipping.

  4. Dip the cut end of the toilet paper tube into the paint. Make sure paint is on all the cut ends of the tube.

CONTINUE

  1. Stamp the cut end of the tube onto the paper to create a flower. Stamp as many as your paper will hold.

  2. Dip the open end of the lid in the center of the flower you created.

  3. Use a marker to add stems,  grass,  etc.

Pool Noodle Sculptures

SUPPLIES

  • Pool Noodle

  • Scissors

  • Small saw

  • Toothpicks

PREPARE

  1. Have an adult use a lightweight saw to cut your pool noodle into small 1-inch slices. 

  2.   Use your scissors to cut any pieces you want into smaller sizes

CREATE

  1. Break some toothpicks into two pieces.

  2. Choose some full size pool noodles slices to be the base of your sculpture.

  3. Add additional pool noodle slices on top by inserting a toothpick into one noodle and attaching the second. 

  4. Continue to add pool noodles until you reach the size and shape you want.

Painting Roses for Mother’s Day

MATERIALS

  • White Paper

  • Watercolors

  • Scissors

  • Construction Paper

  • Glue Stick

  • Markers

  • Black Sharpie

CREATE

  1. Use a scrap piece of construction paper approximately 3” x 4” or cut a full sheet into four pieces and use one piece.

  2. Fold the paper in half, and then drawing away from the fold, draw half of a vase shape.

  3. Now, use your scissors to cut out the vase shape.

  4. Using your colored markers, draw a design onto your vase.

  5. Glue your vase onto the bottom of the white paper.

  6. Using your black Sharpie, begin to draw large roses around your paper like the ones you saw in the video. Draw several roses and buds. Don't draw the stems yet.

  7. Now, draw stems down from your flowers into the vase.

  8. Draw leaves around the flowers and up the stems of the roses.

  9. Using your watercolors, choose a color for your roses and paint them in.

  10. Paint your leaves.

  11. After the paint has dried, sign and date your artwork on the front for your mother!