“Teddy Bears and squirrels are brown, Autumn leaves are too.” – Boy was singing the Brown color song one day. Well, why not create an autumn tree craft with brown and yellow leaves? I had the perfect paint for this craft, the do-a-dot marker set.
I drew a tree in brown marker and then let him create the leaves.
I had originally planned on yellow, orange and red leaves only, but you know what they say about well-laid plans when a preschooler is involved! He wanted purple. Then he looked out the window, told me there were green leaves on all the trees. He even went outside and brought me a specimen. Texas skips autumn and goes straight to winter!
My inspiration was this little painting I found on Pinterest. In this, they have used cotton ear-buds to make the dots.
Here is the finished version.
We then made a couple of other paintings too. I guess I was more excited about the markers than Boy was. I might or might not have hogged the markers while doing the fish painting.
They are so easy to use! Am I the only one who has just discovered do-a-dots?
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so simple but turns out so cute!!!
We love them here… so convenient!
fun idea! I need to find some of these markers 🙂 We would love if you joined in on our month long search for the best crafty tutorial, free patterns and recipes. http://2crochethooks.com/snickerdoodle-sunday/
Thanks for the invite!
Congrats Anjana!! This post is the Favorite for last weeks Snickerdoodle Sunday! Stop by anytime after 8pm tonigiht to pick up your special button! 🙂 Thanks for sharing on Snickerdoodle!
Thank you. So honored!
Hey there, us again lol 🙂 Aren’t we pests? We featured your bookmark in our 12 Kid Crafted Gifts for Mom’s day! http://2crochethooks.com/12-kid-crafts-for-moms-day/
Aww… that’s so wonderful of you! Thank you!!
How fun! I love your little artist’s creativity, how sweet 🙂
Thank you! I will let him know that!!
This is such a cute idea! I’ve seen markers like that before, but mainly for Bingo! Your idea is much better…
Thanks for linking up to Twirl & Take a Bow!
– Brooke –
Thank you, Brooke! Using them for Bingo is brilliant!!