eyedropper art

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Eye dropper art is a super satisfying painting technique, and it’s so quick and easy to do. This eye dropper bat art project is a good choice for October, as the winged creatures are commonly spotted in fall creative activities and décor.

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Supplies to Collect

Gather the following supplies for this flying mammal art activity:

paper towel sheets
liquid watercolors
paint pots or jars
eye droppers or pipettes
pencil and scissors
bat template
wiggly eyes
white glue or a glue gun
waterproof tablecover

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Eye Dropper Bat Art

To begin this vibrant bat art activity, cover a table with a waterproof tablecover.

Next, trace and cut out large bats from paper towel sheets. Thick paper towels work best. You are welcome to use the free template available to download below.

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Bat Art PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.

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Afterward, pour liquid watercolors in a variety of colors into small jars or paint pots. Liquid food coloring hues with water stirred in are a suitable substitute for liquid watercolor paints.

Then place the paint jars on the table and add eye droppers or pipettes.

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Set out a paper towel bat for each participant and invite them to drop paint all over their fruit-pollinating winged animal.

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Then let the paint-soaked bats dry. Leaving them in place to dry is recommended if there is room. Otherwise, carefully remove each color-infused bat to another spot.

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When dry, use white glue or a glue gun to add two wiggly eyes to each bat for a cute finishing touch.

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How to do two Earth Day heart art activities using paper towel sheets. Both are super fun process art projects that display beautifully.

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Here are two Earth Day heart art activities children of every age will love, love, love to do. As with most of my activities, they use easy-to-find supplies and are inexpensive to make. And best of all, they are open-ended process art projects where every child can succeed, and each result is beautiful.

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Supplies To Collect

Gather the following supplies for the earthy art activities:

white paper towel roll
water-based markers
green and blue food coloring or liquid watercolors
paint pots or baby food jars
white cardstock paper
scissors
pencils
eyedroppers or pipettes
spray bottle with water
glue sticks
glue gun
plastic tablecloth

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Eyedropper Heart Earth Art

Trace and cut out large hearts from paper towel sheets. It works out well for the center of the hearts to overlap the tear portion of the towels.

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Mix a few drops of blue food coloring in small jars or paint pots filled with water. Do the same with green.

Set out one paper towel heart and pot of green and blue food coloring on a covered table for each participant, along with eye droppers or pipettes.

Invite participants to drop colored water all over their hearts. They’ll enjoy the way this technique spreads color over the towels.

After having dried, help each child tear the painted paper towel shapes on the tear line.

Have everyone write the words “I Love Earth” on a cardstock strip. A drawn red heart can be substituted for the word “Love.”

Then invite them to glue their top and bottom heart sections with the word strip positioned in the middle to a cardstock sheet of paper slightly bigger than the heart and word design.

How to do an eyedropper heart earth art project using common kitchen supplies. Everyone in the family will enjoy this super fun process art activity.

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Alternately, the hearts can stay as one unsplit shape, and the cardstock strip words can be glued above each heart on the paper.

Make this super fun eyedropper heart Earth Day project today! Everyone in the family will enjoy giving it a try.

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Sprayed Marker Heart Earth Art

Use the same-sized paper towel hearts for this second art project.

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Set out a heart and a green and blue water-based marker for each participant on a covered table. Have everyone color most or all of their hearts in patches of green and blue.

Fill a spray bottle with water.

Have participants take turns spraying their hearts with just enough water to wet their designs thoroughly. This is the part everyone will most likely love the most.

Or each child can use a pipette to drop water on their projects, also very satisfying.

Let the decorated, water-applied hearts dry.

Finish the project in one of the same two ways as with the first art activity.

Make this sprayed marker heart earth art project today! It's a super fun process art activity that displays beautifully.

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