Making Christmas candles is a fun DIY craft for the festive season and you can do it with the whole family too. They come in different forms and you’ll find loads of tutorials online explaining how to turn your regular dollar-store candles into holiday-themed decorations that you can decorate your home with or gift to your friends.
Multi-Day Acrylic Holiday Set: Create 4 Easy Art Acrylic Paintings! (Ages 9-13)
In this 4-session class, students create a different acrylic painting on canvas each week. Perfect for beginner or experienced artists wanting to learn more acrylic painting techniques & express creativity through art & acrylic painting!
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$64
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$16 per class
Meets 1x per week
55 minutes per class
In this 4-class multi-day course, students will be learning some of the basics of acrylic painting, and painting a different winter/holiday themed painting each week! In this easy, no-experience-needed class, I will be painting right along with learners to show them the techniques and walk you step by step through the acrylic painting process. Learners will have the opportunity to express their creativity through acrylic painting! Students will need acrylic paint, brushes, and canvases for.
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Language of Instruction
This class is taught in English.
Learning Goals
My mission for all of my classes is that every learner has the opportunity to be creative. I believe creativity is so important, and I want to give students the chance to express themselves in a safe and comfortable environment. The goal is for each student in this particular class to learn about acrylic techniques and brushes to gain the confidence to create their own amazing artwork at home.
Teacher Expertise
I have a BA in Art - Concentration in Drawing and Painting. I have been teaching art at the professional level for the last 8 years. I love to work on painting in my free time, and I illustrate children's books!
Homework
No homework will be assigned, but if students would like more time to work on their artwork, they are always welcome to paint after class.
Supply List
Learners will need a couple of supplies for painting. If you already have some supplies feel free to use what you have! You WILL need paints, brushes, and something to paint on to complete this class. A set of paints is nice to have but not required. A set with larger tubes is great if you are doing multiple classes. I use white, black, blue, red, yellow, green, purple, and brown paints to complete all of my paintings. I will be sending out a message in the classroom with specific colors used for each class. On most class days learners will have the option to choose their own colors. A set of brushes is also a great idea to experiment and learn about different brush sizes and shapes! The brush set linked, is my favorite sizes and shapes. You might already have some at home! Canvas, Canvas Board, or Canvas Paper Acrylic Paint Set or Paint Colors in - white, black, blue, red, yellow, green, purple, and brown. Brush Set - https://amzn.to/2XOHuim Paper Plate (or something to use as a paint pallet) Pencil Eraser Cup of Water Paper Towels If you would like or need to purchase new supplies, most supplies can be bought easily from Amazon, your local grocery store, or an art store. Please let me know if you have any questions about supplies, I'm happy to help!
Salt Dough Christmas Decorations
You can make some beautiful Christmas decorations for your home with nothing more than salt dough. Just take your basic salt dough and cut out some festive shapes (Christmas trees, a snowman, etc.) out of it. The entire family can pick out a favorite shape then you cut them out using simple biscuit cutters. Bake the dough and decorate them using felt-tip pens or acrylic paints.
Wreaths are classic holiday decorations. Many people just buy one for their home, but you can make yours if you fancy getting creative. Wreaths can be made with different materials. A felt wreath is fluffy, fun, and easy to make. All you have to do is tie strips of green felt around a wreath form. You can mix it up by cutting felt strips in two different shades of green. Tie the strips around the wreath form. To further decorate it, add some small ornaments around the wreath using a hot glue gun.
Ornament Trees
You can make shiny ornamental trees with just styrofoam cones and some ornaments. This shiny festive season decoration takes some work, but you’ll get to use it for several years, so it’s worth the effort in the long run. To make it, get some styrofoam cones (in different sizes) and cover them with some ornaments. Attach the cones to the ornament using hot glue. Arrange them to form a tree with the larger ornaments at the bottom and the smaller ones at the top. You may also wrap the tree with beaded garlands or vintage tinsel when you’re done.
Looking for a cool way to display your holiday photos, try a popsicle window ornament. All you need for this is 5 regular popsicle sticks and a Jumbo stick. Arrange the lolly popsticks to form a window-shaped frame for your holiday photo and glue them together. The jumbo stick will be the base of your frame. For extra decoration, you can add a mini wreath and some fake snow to the photo frame.
Jingle Bell Swag
Here’s another simple holiday hanging you can try out with your family. To start, thread some large jingle bells onto 3 lengths of ribbons. You can show your kids how to thread the bells onto the ribbon and get them to try it too. Once you’re done threading the jingle bells, knot one end of the ribbons and tie the unknotted end around a circular wire or small wreath form. You can add a bunch of green decorations and an oversized bow to the wreath form to complete the design. This holiday hanging can go on your front down, at the end of your kid’s bed, above the mantel, or anywhere else.
Dry citrus is an impressive DIY decoration to spruce up the appearance of your tree. It’s easy to make; all you need is some orange or lemon slices. Just one lemon and one orange will be enough, but you can use more if you want. Cut the citrus fruit into thin slices without peeling it. Each slice should be about 2mm thick and should be cut in round shapes. To dry, arrange the slices in a single layer on two baking trays lined with baking parchment. Bake for about two hours until they’re all dry and firm. Thread the dried citrus with a thin piece of wire or nylon thread and decorate your tree with them.
