Art is so much fun and children can learn so much by doing it. Art teaches patience, colour recognition, imagination, creativity and is a wonderful sensory opportunity.

Today in our household we made an Easter egg canvas as a gift for the in-laws. They’ve said they don’t want chocolate and my son asks to paint everyday so I thought, why not?

What you’ll need:

• 1 canvas of any size (we used one a little smaller than an A4 piece of paper).
• Sticky tape
• Circular stickers
• Acrylic paints (that’s what we used – I’m sure poster paint is ok too)

The sticky tape was tricky to work with so I would try something different next time – perhaps an egg shaped cardboard cutout.

I placed a range of colours all over the canvas and let my son go!

Lots of fun!

The finished product before removing the tape/stickers.

I used tweezers to remove the tape and stickers.

Final product: An Easter Egg canvas gift!

Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Amy xx