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Pineapple Process Art

 This pineapple painting project is perfect for little ones. It takes only a moment of set up and it creates such a cute art project! Kids are going to be so proud of their efforts and want to display this project on the fridge door gallery!




Harper and I love to get creative together. We are always crafting, painting or baking something. 
You might remember we made this adorable apple process art with a cork.  Well, we ran across the cork again and decided that it was so fun to paint with it, that we would give it another go. We came up with this cute pineapple art. We love it because it can work for a summer day project, or pull this out around the new year to bring good luck to your space.




Supplies:

Paper Plate

Yellow and Green Paint

A Cork

Copy Paper



Pour a quarter size drop of several shades of yellow and a shade of green onto a paper plate.


Offer your child the cork and encourage the child to stamp a pineapple shape with the yellow paints.



When the pineapple is shaped encourage the child to form the stem of the pineapple with green paint.


                                                             Allow the art to dry then display.


This is a fun project for summertime, but I also love to make these with the kids in anticipation of new year since the pineapple symbolizes a warm welcome, celebration and hospitality.


You can find more process art ideas here

Basket of fruit process art

Cork and button tree art

If you want to learn more about why process art is important for kids this is a great resource from Messy Little Monster

Basket of Fruit Process Art

Lemon and Limes find a second life after their prime with this easy and fun process art activity! It incorporates an introduction to weaving for small hands with a lot of painting fun. This activity is great for kids of all ages from Toddlers and Preschoolers, to older kids, like Rolf who is 11 now and still had fun with this!


Ok, first, let that sink in. Rolf is 11 now. When I started this blog, he was a baby. Literally, just a baby. And here we are 10 years later. Still sharing, growing and creating. Let's have a big group hug!

Next, isn't this such a cute process art project for kids? I love that the touchy, smelly parts make it super engaging for little hands. If you have been reading for a while now, you know how I feel about sensory play and  projects! (I love them!) Well, I also love to paint with Harper too!  We had a few lemons and limes in the fruit basket that were a little shriveled up and unappetizing so instead of tossing them out, we put them to work in an art project.



 Supplies: 
A lemon and a lime, sliced in half
A paper plate
Glue
Scissors
A brown bag of construction paper
Yellow and green paint

Directions:
Cut the brown paper into thin strips.
Offer your child one strip and encourage the child to glue it to the paper.



As you can see we used 3 vertical strips, then began the under/over process of weaving the horizontal strips.

Keep the weaving simple, you only need 3 vertical and 3 horizontal strips of paper. If your older child is creating this, feel free to encourage a more complicated weave!


Now comes the fun!
Pour a little paint (about a quarter size drop of each color) on a paper plate.


Offer the citrus fruit to the child, allow them to squeeze the juice out and pick at the seeds if they want to. They will want to because it is fun and it smells good! Just have a towel nearby to wipe their hands! When all of the seed picking and fruit squeezing is finished, encourage your child to press the fruit into the paint, and begin filling the woven basket with fruit!


Remind your artist to use all of the fruit and colors!


Allow to dry and display.



This is fun to make in the summer, when we are making loads of lemonade, so maybe save a few lemons after squeezing for an art project? Or pull this out in the winter, when the kids need a break. It is such a sunny little process art project that they are bound to love it!

Cork and Button Apple Tree Process Art

This cork and button apple tree process art is perfect for preschoolers or kindergartners this fall. It is an easy activity that requires very little prep. 


We love process art, and we love all things fall around here! Harper and I have been hoarding fall decor since we saw the first adorable decorative pumpkin in stores back in July. Rolf is not so quick to jump seasons, but on the first of September, he said "Finally! It is September. Now we can buy all the pumpkins we want without comment." HA! 


Harper and I felt like painting and wanted to start on some fridge decorations for the season. We came up with these adorable cork and button apple trees. They are so worthy of displaying! Plus, they are easy to make!
 

Supplies Needed: 
Paint in Brown and Green
A Wine Cork
A Paper Plate
White Paper
Buttons
Glue


Directions:
Pour a quarter sized drop of both the brown and the green paint onto a paper plate.
Offer your child the cork.
Encourage your child to first stamp the trunk of the tree with the cork.
Then ask your child to give the tree leaves with the green paint.
Allow to dry for about an hour in a warm, sunny place.



When the paint has dried, offer your child the glue and some buttons. We used yellow for this project to make the kind of apples we like. Feel free to use red, green or even a mix if you like. As you can see below we also made one with red buttons, just because we had so much fun the first time.


Encourage your child to spread out the buttons, pressing them onto dots of glue.


Allow the glue time to dry. Then display! This is perfect for refrigerator art!



Are you looking for more awesome apple art projects for kids? 
Here are some favorites:






Christmas Tree Process Art

 This is such a fun way for kids to paint, without using any brushes! It creates a lovely work of art that adds just the right touch of kid made cheer to your space!


My youngest and I love to paint together. We are always thinking of things to paint, without turning to a paint brush. We came up with this adorable process art using only a cork, a pencil eraser, and some paint. This is the perfect seasonal art project for kids.



Supplies:
Paint in green, red, yellow and brown
A pencil with an eraser
A paper plate
A cork
Paper



Directions:
Pour a little squirt of each color of paint on a paper plate.
Offer your child a pencil with an eraser and a cork.
Encourage your child to form the tree shape by stamping in the green paint, then adding one stamp to the paper.
On the next line, make two stamps.
On the third line, stamp 3 times. You get the idea.
After the tree is formed, using the eraser, dip into the other colors of paint, and start decorating the tree.


                     Use whatever colors you like for the ornaments. We used red, blue and yellow.



                                          Next form the tree trunk with brown paint.

                                         Allow to dry and display.

Isn't this such a cute holiday process art idea? Preschoolers and toddlers might enjoy this too!



You can find all of our Christmas crafts here.

Reader favorites include:

Gnome ornaments

Apple Process Art

 This easy process art project is perfect for little ones this fall. It requires only a few supplies, only 1 minute of set up, and it creates a gorgeous work of art that kids will be so proud to display!



Harper and I love to craft and create together. We love nothing more than a trip to Hobby Lobby, or a few bottles of paint and blank paper. We have been making art with a bunch of things, without brushes! This cork stamped apple art is our latest creation. 



We used a cork from a wine bottle, some acrylic paint and copy paper to make this. Really, that is all you need!


Supplies:
Paint in green, brown and red.
A cork
Paper
A paper plate


Directions:
Pour a small amount of each color of paint onto a paper plate.
Offer your child a cork and encourage the child to begin stamping the outline of an apple in red.


Encourage your child to stamp in the center of the apple until it is covered.






Ask the artist to roll the side of the cork into the brown paint, and then roll the cork onto the top of the apple to form a stem.


Next ask the artist to dip the cork into the green paint.



Ask the artist to give the apple a leaf.

Allow the painting to dry and then display.


This is so cute right? It begs to be displayed on the fridge!



Grandparents would also love to have an original from their favorite artist!

You can find all of my favorite kid crafts here.




Hungry Caterpillar Process Art

This easy Hungry Caterpillar Process art project is perfect for preschoolers and elementary aged kids. It gives them a chance to create an adorable picture to go along with story time. I don't know about you, but I love storybook crafts for kids!




This project is perfect for fall. We used fresh apples that were too bruised to eat, and painted these cuties with them. If you have an abundance of apples. maybe you will want to put one to work for this art project.




We have lots of apple crafts on site! 
These cork and button apple trees are a favorite fall craft for kids of all ages.
Corked Stamped Apples are an adorable craft for kids.
Apple Tree Window Clings are a fun budget friendly project.
3D Paper Apples are a good project for using up scrap paper.
Apple Tree Addition makes for a fun way to learn math.



Supplies:
An apple 
Green, red , yellow, black paint.
Paper Plate
A pencil
A knife
Paper


Slice an apple in half
Pour a large dallop of red, green and yellow paint onto a paper plate.
We kind of mixed a little green and yellow together to create a cool effect.
Offer a small drop of black paint.


Offer the child an apple and encourage the child to dip the apple into the paint, and stamp the apple, so that the circles touch one another, going across the page.


Have your child give the caterpillar 4 or 5 segments.
Then encourage the child to dip the other apple half into the red paint and stamp the apple to form the head.


Next, dip the pencil into the black paint and create the eyes and mouth of the caterpillar.
Next, dip the pencil into the yellow paint and finish the eyes.
Now, I know what you are thinking.
Why not use a paintbrush?
Well, we did try that, but it smeared the yellow and black together. We found that the pencil was much easier to work with; and it gave Harper the chance to paint with a non traditional object. We both enjoyed that! You can kind of see in the mouth of the caterpillar that it is a little messy; that was the paint brush. 


Next, grab the stem from the apple and dip it into the green paint.
Give the caterpillar some antennae.
 

 Allow to dry completely. 

Display and enjoy this cute Hungry Caterpillar craft!