Process art is one of my and Mila’s favorite ways to be creative. This week we discovered that celery makes the cutest, little hearts.
Isn’t that just amazing or is it just for me since I’m the worst at drawing heart?
Anyways, this celery heARTwork activity is so easy to set up and your child can be as creative as they want. It was also great for us to mix in with snack time.
It takes playing with your food to a different level.
This is all you need for this activity:
- Canvas or something to paint on (craft paper makes amazing wrapping paper!)
- Paint
- Celery
- Something to put paint on (I used recycled milk jug lids.)
That’s seriously it! We obviously used different shades of pink and red. You can use whatever colors your child picks.
All they have to do is use their celery sticks like a paint brush. Dip the celery into the paint. Then press it down on the canvas.
At first, Mila wanted to move the celery like a brush. I showed her how to use it like a stamp to clear that confusion. She immediately recognized they were hearts.
Celery transfers the paint MUCH easier than potatoes. That means they don’t have to push down as hard.
Mila had so much fun playing with her food, while eating the same type.
When she would switch to snacking, I had a rule that all four celery paint sticks had to be in the upright position. That made me feel a little more comfortable when she kept switching back and forth!
No paint was consumed during this art project.
I love the way this process celery heARTwork turned out.
She just made the canvas and wrapping paper, but again, this can be used for anything you need hearts on!
The biggest thing to remember while kids do process art is there’s no end goal. This is their time to be as creative as they like.
I think the best part of process art is to see how your child grows with it. They get a better sense of composition, shapes, and colors the more they paint.
Their growth is truly the greatest gift.
As always, I hope if you do this activity, you let me know in the comments.
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These are some fun ideas to try.
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Hope you get to try them!
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This is such a cute idea! It reminded me we used to do similar activities at school when I was little. We didn’t have all those fancy stamps at hand:)
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It’s nice when you can use things on hand to create! Those must have been fond memories!
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My litte one loved painting with celery. She always asks to do it now.
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Aw yay! I love when they love being creative.
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I love using veggies and apples in arts and crafts activities! I love that the brown paper keeps the table clean and acts as a bigger canvas, too.
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I need to use apples one time! We have a blast using them eating the same food later! Brown paper is the best.
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Love the activities you do with them
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Thank you. We have a lot of fun doing them.
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I always love doing this activity!
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It’s a blast and so creative.
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This is such a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you. I hope you get to try.
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Thanks for checking it out!
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i remember using celery to create art as well when my teen was younger 🙂 now she loves snacking on it
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It’s so much fun to mix snacks and art. We love celery here too.
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Oh! I did not realize that. Thank you to you and Mila for making me realize that yes, celery makes cute little hearts. Will show this to my little girl as well.
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I hope she loved how cute celery hearts were!
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What a fun activity I love teaching my kids how they can be innovative and imaginative with ordinary things around the house.
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Yes! This is what I try to do too!
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