Valentine's Day Tape Resist Canvas Heart Art

We are loving all things Valentine's Day at the moment. There is just so much fun crafting to be had with hearts! Today we made some Valentine's Day canvas prints for Daddy to take to work.

Here is what you need:

Dot Painters (We used Paint Box Brand)

White Paper

Canvases (I brought some from a cheap shop for $3 each)

Scissors

Sticky Tape

Pencil/Crayon/Marker

We started by drawing hearts on some paper and cutting them out. I then used some low tack tape to tape the hearts in place on the canvas so they wouldn't more around.

I then let the toddler times loose with the dot painters.

It is important to remember to make sure the is an overlap around the edge of the heart so that when you remove the heart, you can see the resist line.

We then made sure that we filled as much of the canvas as possible with more dots for extreame effect! Once we were happy with the way the canvases we removed the hearts. 

Miss M and her very spotty heart resist ready to give to Daddy.

Master E and his brilliant Heart Art!

Hope you enjoyed! Happy Valentines Day!

Tape Resist Initial Canvases

I brought some dot painters awhile ago and have been looking for a good way to try them out when I came across a gorgeous post on Resist Painting on Happy Whimsical Hearts which had me thinking. I loved the idea of creating canvases for the Toddler Timers to put up in their rooms and using the Tape Resist Technique.
So here is our attempt at something very similar.

We used canvases that I grabbed from The Reject Shop, they had a four pack for $5 which I thought was a bargain.

I used some low tack masking tape to tape off a M for Miss M and an E for Master E.

Then I let them loose with the dot painters. These were fabulous as there was a controlled amount of paint coming out and no spills or real mess of any kind.

We quickly covered the canvases with dots and were keen to do some more painting so I left Master E and Miss M to freely cover the 2 spare canvases in any way they wished.

Once the canvases had dried I carefully removed the tape to reveal their initials. The results look amazing and Master E and Miss M are keen to have them up in their rooms.