Bring the beauty of the mountains inside with this easy watercolor painting tutorial for kids!
Get creative with your kids this winter! This stunning snowy mountain craft is the perfect way to bring out their inner artists!
Bring the outdoors in with today’s Watercolor Snowy Mountain Scene craft idea! It’s the perfect excuse to stay indoors, nice and cozy BUT at the same time, create a winter piece that is beautiful to admire ALL season long!
Keep scrolling for the full how-to and free provided mountain printable, to make it even easier to recreate today!!
With our free mountain printable that is linked below, you can bring a little winter magic into your home or classroom. This is the perfect craft to do with kids!
Craft Supplies:
- Mountain Printable – on our landing page
- White Cardstock Paper
- Gray Cardstock Paper
- Thick Watercolor Paper
- Watercolors
- Paint Brush
- Small Dish w/clean water
- Scissors
- Pencil or Pen
- School Glue
- White Cotton Balls
Directions:
- First download and print the FREE PRINTABLE MOUNTAIN TEMPLATE above.
- Have children trim out the mountain and use it as a template to cut out their mountain shape from colored cardstock {or use the template as is instead} Set aside.
- Now grab a sheet of watercolor paper, your watercolors, paint brush and dish of water. Go ahead and instruct children to paint a beautiful backdrop. No real rules – just painting fun!
- Once they are done with their backdrop, have them glue their cut-out mountain to the watercolor paper.
- For added fun, grab the cotton balls and glue them to the “mountain tops” to create a snowy look.
- Then let it all dry completely, before displaying your watercolor mountain scene proudly!
- Don’t forget to share pictures with us! You can tag us on Facebook and Instagram for easy sharing! #gluedtomycrafts
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If you love today’s paper and watercolor painted snowy mountain craft idea, you may also enjoy our popsicle stick version on Glued To My Crafts, as well! It would definitely pair nicely together on a snowy day indoors – hint hint!
Watercolor Snowy Mountain Scene
Bring the beauty of the mountains inside with this easy watercolor painting tutorial for kids!
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