Painting Poppy Flowers with Balloons
Make this poppy painting craft using balloons! It’s fun, quick, and easy to set up for even the smallest crafters. This project is ideal for a Veteran’s day craft, a Memorial Day craft, or Remembrance Day.
Poppy Painting Craft for Veteran’s Day or Remembrance Day
Here at Ruffles and Rain Boots, we’ve done balloon painting crafts many times. It’s honestly some of the most fun for kids and for adults!
One of the best things about this poppy painting craft is that it takes only minutes to set up. Using other paint colors, the possibilities are endless when the kids are painting with balloons.
We’ve made flowers, planets, and so much more with this painting technique. And it’s great to give them a marker once the paint is dry to see what they’ll come up with.
Supplies for Balloon-Painted Poppies
Below are the items we used for this easy craft. Most paint formulas will work: acrylic, tempera, or chalk paint are ones we’ve tried.
- water balloons (filled with air)
- tempera paint in red, orange, and black
- card stock (or copy paper)
- a black marker
How to Create Paintings with Balloons
First, put red paint on a palette and put orange in the center of it. You’ll need quite a bit of paint – start with a half dollar dollop of orange and a quarter-sized one of red in the center.
Dip the balloons into the palette, gathering paint onto the balloon.
Next, press the balloons onto the paper. Be sure to vary the pressure for different sizes and outcomes.
You can use a dab of black paint in the center, but we put it on our fingertips for that organic look.
Note: latex balloons should not be give to mouthing babies or toddlers.
Once we were done with the flowers, Elise painted some tubes to hold balloons with faces. :)
A Fun Craft for Toddlers: Painting Poppy Flowers with Balloons
Make this poppy painting craft for kids using balloons! It's fun, quick, and easy to set up for even the smallest crafters. This project is ideal for a Veteran's day craft, a Memorial Day craft, or Remembrance Day.
Materials
- water balloons (filled with air, not water)
- tempera paint in red, orange, and black
- cardstock (but copy paper would work)
- a black marker
Instructions
- Place larger globs of red and orange paints on a tray or paper plate. Place a small glob of black paint.
- Dip an inflated balloon into the red paint and press lightly.
- Next, dip the balloon into the orange paint and press lightly directly on top of the red painted circle.
- Use the child's finger or a pencil to dip into the black paint for the center of the poppy.
- Finally, draw stems with a black marker.
Notes
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All my pictures on my blog & on IG come from my iPhone. :) I have a fancy camera but we lost the charger in a move (IL to SC). Anyway… I love your poppy craft!
XOXO
So here I was over at From ABCs to ACTs and I was reading this great poppy round up post. I thought… wow I like that balloon painting one, it’s so PRETTY! Then I thought, I really should do a poppy craft today. I clicked the link and lo and behold… it’s YOU! My lovely, dear friend!
This looks gorgeous! I’m going to go see if I have some balloons handy.
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
The world really is getting smaller, isn’t it? Thanks for the compliment, Jennifer!