Handpainted Gift Wrap

Materials

Bingo bottles

Instructions

What to do
1. Ahead of time, fill bingo bottles with liquid watercolor paint. The mixture should be roughly
half paint and half water.
2. Show the children how to fold their sheet of tissue paper until it is about 6" (15 cm) square.
3. Have the children press the bingo bottles to the paper until the paint soaks through all the layers
of paper.
4. Set the paper aside to dry, leaving it folded.
5. When the paint dries, unfold the paper and use it as gift wrap.
More to do
More art: Ask the children to make handprints or fingerprints on the paper with paint. Paint
broad strokes across the paper with large paintbrushes for an abstract appearance. Wrap the children's
handmade gifts in the paper.