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    Home » art » Painting with Feathers

    Painting with Feathers

    Published: Mar 30, 2016 · Modified: Jun 8, 2021 by Vicky

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    Have you ever tried painting without a brush? That might sound crazy, but there are plenty of ways to paint without a brush such as kids painting with rolling pins and using q-tips to make q-tip star art. I have always wanted to try painting with feathers since we always have a stash of them in our craft closet. I wasn't sure how the feathers would work with paint or what my kids would think of the idea. Read on to see what happened.

    My kids had so much fun experimenting and painting with feathers. Great preschool activity that we'll do again and again.

    Painting with Feathers

    Supplies you will need:

    • White paper
    • Tempera Paint
    • Feathers
    painting with fetathers

    To do this painting with feathers activity, pour a small amount of paint into a cup. We used three colors and I thought that was a good number to give variety and create interesting art. But feel free to use as many colors as you wish.
    Provide your child with cups filled with paint, feathers and paper and just let them explore with the paint.
    painting with feathers

    My daughter liked the textured paint effect that the feather provided.

    painting with feathers

    The kids experimented with using the feathers to swirl and mix colors.

    painting with feathers

    They also experimented with using the tip of the feather versus the entire flat side of the feather. Each produced a different effect.

    painting with feathers

    We noticed that we could paint with the pointy side of the feather and it would work like a quill.

    painting with feathers
    Check out our painting with feathers artwork! Who says you need to paint with a brush? Next time you are looking to add some variety to your painting experiences, open up a bag of feathers and have fun!
    painting with feathers
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    1. Katie

      May 02, 2012 at 11:47 am

      what a fun idea!!!

    2. School Sparks Renee

      May 02, 2012 at 7:50 pm

      Fun to see the kids experimenting with the feathers. Looks like fun! Renee

    3. [email protected] Connections for Kids

      May 06, 2012 at 1:01 am

      I'm pinning this and will use this idea next year. I have a bunch of feathers and this will be so fun!

    4. Georgina Bomer

      April 15, 2013 at 5:43 pm

      Just featured this in my feathers roundup! http://craftulate.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/15-feather-crafts-for-children.html

    5. Meredith Magee Donnelly

      July 23, 2014 at 4:32 pm

      Love this idea! Sharing tonight on the Homegrown Friends FB page!

    6. Vicky @ Mess For Less

      July 24, 2014 at 8:59 pm

      Thanks so much Meredith!

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