Month: December 2020

This has become a part of our family traditions, decorating our tree to match the new season or holiday! This is how we updated our tree for Christmas:

Resources:

• Little Brian Paint Sticks
• Wooden shapes (or cut out cardboard shapes) to match the current season, we used little Christmas tree decorations
• Clear thread (or string)
• Wooden tree (We have a birch tree from @artcuts )

Decorate the wooden shapes using your Little Brian Paint Sticks. We do this as a family as part of the tradition! When they are done string them with clear thread and hand them on your tree!

Resources:

• Little Brian Paint Sticks
• White PVA glue
• Paint brush/ glue spreader
• Cotton balls
• Large white paper
• Black pen or marker

Method:

1. Draw an outline of a Santa hat on the paper.

2. Use the Paint Stick to colour in the Santa hat.

3. Stick the cotton balls onto the Santa hat along the bottom and at the pompom.

There is your finished masterpiece!

Resources:

• Little Brian Paint Sticks
• white paper plates
• scissors
• white PVA glue
• paint brush or glue spreader
• red tissue paper

Method:

1. Cut the middle out of the paper plate.
2. Paint the circle with Little Brian Paint Sticks.

3. Cut the red tissue paper into squares. Crumple it into balls and then use PVA glue to glue them to the wreath as little red berries.

4. Hang your wreath in a special place!

Resources:

• Brown paper
• Little Brian Paint Sticks

Have a great time decorating your own paper! We had fun with our Paint Sticks drawing outlines and colouring them in! Anything goes, it will be cut up and taped into different shapes so go wild, it will look all the better for it!

Resources:

• Little Brian Paint Sticks
• A mirror or window

Start with a tree outline drawn on the mirror (or window). Then simply use the Paint Sticks to decorate the tree! You can leave it up as long as you like, it is easily removed using window cleaner and a cloth! Or with water.

Resources:

• Little Brian Paint Sticks
• Toilet paper rolls / kitchen roll tubes
• Cardboard or thick paper
• Scissors

Method:

1. Cut the tube into 1.5” slices. Then cut 2 slits, across from each other, going about halfway down the tube. This is where the tree will slide in, keeping it standing upright

2. Draw a rough tree shape and cut it out with either scissors or a craft knife.

3. Decorate with Little Brian Paint Sticks!

4. Slide the trees into the stump slits and you’re done!

Resources:

• Washi tape (masking tape would also work)
• Little Brian Paint Sticks
• White painting canvas

How to make it:

1. Use your tape to make whatever shape you want left on the canvas! We made a Christmas tree. Anything with straight lines and sharp corners is best, rounded sides and corners are really hard! Make sure the tape is pushed down really hard, you don’t want any gaps between the tape and the canvas. If you put it upside on the table and push it from the back it really helps!

2. Go crazy with your Paint Sticks! Try and cover the entire front of the canvas, the more paint the better!

3. Wait until the paint sticks are totally dry and then peel off the tape, you’re done!