{"id":17604,"date":"2023-02-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=17604"},"modified":"2024-01-01T06:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:00:32","slug":"watercolor-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/watercolor-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Painting with cookie cutters is a fun and easy craft for kids of all ages. This Watercolor Heart painting is a great heart shape craft and a Valentine&#8217;s craft in one.<\/p>\n<p>You can paint using the different sizes of cookie cutters for a very fun painting. And it is a great way to work in fine motor skills and let kids be creative at the same time.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fwatercolor-hearts%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F1-2023%2Fwatercolor-heartpainting.jpg&#038;description=Watercolor%20Hearts%20Painting%20For%20Kids%20-%20a%20fun%20painting%20activity%20using%20watercolor%20and%20cookie%20cutters%20to%20make%20a%20really%20fun%20painting%20for%20Valentines%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%23watercolorforkids%20%23cookiecutterpainting\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Watercolor Hearts Painting is a great addition to the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/valentines-activites-from-3-dinosaurs\/\">valentines paintings<\/a> and <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/art-projects-cookie-cutters\/\">cookie cutter painting<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Cookie Cutter Painting?<\/h2>\n<p>Painting with cookie cutter is an easy craft for kids to do. This gives a template and the results are loads of fun.<\/p>\n<h2>Books to Read with the Heart Cookie Cutter painting<\/h2>\n<p>One book we read before we did our heart cookie cutter painting was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0374346461?storeType=ebooks&#038;qid=1674932874&#038;sr=8-3&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=da6c79091bb5ea75f5cf4520fe288c23&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\">Love Monster<\/a>. It is a very cute valentines book. Plus it has loads of hearts in the book.<\/p>\n<h2>What we used to make the Watercolor Hearts Painting<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canson-Watercolor-Textured-Charcoal-100510941\/dp\/B09NQY86G1?crid=111E76S15QVCQ&#038;keywords=B004M59O4C&#038;qid=1674932060&#038;sprefix=b004m59o4c%2Caps%2C92&#038;sr=8-2&#038;th=1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=5365d4960634a3b7b7c28b77cb7879bb&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">watercolor paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wilton-Cutters-101-Piece-Alphabet-Numbers\/dp\/B001D1FJ2E?crid=1QE9FMXSN1MIS&#038;keywords=B001D1FJ2E&#038;qid=1645438116&#038;sprefix=b001d1fj2e%2Caps%2C85&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=1364df7a1dea0d8ddf19201a3adb252a&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">heart cookie cutters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/AROIC-Watercolor-Different-Beginners-Children\/dp\/B08C7XF63J?crid=S0IX737KRHTG&#038;keywords=watercolor&#038;qid=1645437689&#038;sprefix=watercolor%2Caps%2C109&#038;sr=8-19&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=14f3f31b35aa2117343f5c58655c16ae&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">watercolors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\"href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Professional-Artist-Paint-Brush-Professionals\/dp\/B0868QQ1X6?crid=KB2PDEKLWYEV&#038;keywords=paint+brush&#038;qid=1652173092&#038;sprefix=paint+brush%2Caps%2C124&#038;sr=8-21&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=df469465250319d4bc7182238105a773&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\">large paint brush<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting1.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>How we made the Heart Watercolor Painting<\/h2>\n<p>You will see the steps below that we used to make our watercolor heart paintings.<\/p>\n<h3>Place the Cookie Cutter on the Paper<\/h3>\n<p>You start by placing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wilton-Cutters-101-Piece-Alphabet-Numbers\/dp\/B001D1FJ2E?crid=1QE9FMXSN1MIS&#038;keywords=B001D1FJ2E&#038;qid=1645438116&#038;sprefix=b001d1fj2e%2Caps%2C85&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=1364df7a1dea0d8ddf19201a3adb252a&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">heart cookie cutters<\/a>  on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canson-Watercolor-Textured-Charcoal-100510941\/dp\/B09NQY86G1?crid=111E76S15QVCQ&#038;keywords=B004M59O4C&#038;qid=1674932060&#038;sprefix=b004m59o4c%2Caps%2C92&#038;sr=8-2&#038;th=1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=5365d4960634a3b7b7c28b77cb7879bb&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">watercolor paper<\/a>. You can place it anywhere you want.<\/p>\n<p>We use watercolor paper because it holds up better when you use lots of water on the paper.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting2.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Paint Inside the Cookie Cutter<\/h3>\n<p>You put watercolor paint on the paintbrush. Then you hold the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wilton-Cutters-101-Piece-Alphabet-Numbers\/dp\/B001D1FJ2E?crid=1QE9FMXSN1MIS&#038;keywords=B001D1FJ2E&#038;qid=1645438116&#038;sprefix=b001d1fj2e%2Caps%2C85&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=1364df7a1dea0d8ddf19201a3adb252a&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">heart cookie cutters<\/a><br \/>\n in place and then paint inside the cookie cutter. <\/p>\n<p>This is a great fine motor activity for painting and holding the cookie cutter simultaneously. We have done this with several different ages at the same time.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting3.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Look at the Watercolor Painting Heart<\/h3>\n<p>After you have finish painting, you lift off the cookie cutter and see the heart on the paper.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting4.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Clean the Heart Cookie Cutter<\/h3>\n<p>You might want to clean the heart cookie cutter between paintings. You don&#8217;t have but it makes each of the colors look more unique. <\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting5.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Paint More Hearts on the Watercolor Paper<\/h3>\n<p>Thne keep going. You can paint as many hearts as you want. You can use all three sizes of just use one size. But it makes a fun painting activity that kids can do for Valentine&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting6.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Painting How they Want to Paint<\/h3>\n<p>When you do an art project, let them decide how many and how much they are painting. <\/p>\n<p>They might paint one heart. <\/p>\n<p>They might paint several hearts. <\/p>\n<p>They might paint the hearts all one color.<\/p>\n<p>There is no wrong way to do this watercolor heart painting. It is a great art project where kids can be as creative as they want.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting7.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Final look at our Watercolor Heart Painting<\/h2>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting8.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting9.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/watercolor-heartpainting10.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Hearts Painting For Kids - a fun painting activity using watercolor and cookie cutters to make a really fun painting for Valentines - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>More Valentine Painting Activities for Kids<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/watercolor-heart-process-art\/\">Watercolor Heart Process Art<\/a> is a fun way to explore painting with watercolors. You can watch how watercolors spread in water. This is a great older-age kid&#8217;s painting activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/textured-heart-tree-watercolor-painting\/\">Textured Heart Tree Watercolor Painting<\/a> is a great Valentines tree to make with kids. Is a great way to mix painting with watercolors. And seeing how textures show up on the tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/heart-cookie-cutter-painting\/\">Heart Cookie Cutter Painting<\/a> is a super fun activity that kids can do with heart shape cookie cutters.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/heart-painting-oil-pastel-watercolor\/\">Heart Painting: Oil Pastel &#038; Watercolor<\/a> is a great mixed art painting that kids can do. This is a great heart reveal painting for kids to do.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the fun <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/valentines-activites-from-3-dinosaurs\/\">Valentines Printables &#038; Activities<\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/valentines-activites-from-3-dinosaurs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/1-2023\/valentines-printables-activities-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Valentines Activities &#038; Printables on 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/2-2015\/watercolorhearts4.jpg\" alt=\"Water Color Hearts - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2F3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fwatercolor-hearts%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F2-2015%2Fwatercolorhearts4.jpg&#038;description=Watercolor%20Hearts%20-%20painting%20with%20cookie%20cutters%20-%203Dinosaurs.com\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" data-pin-color=\"red\" data-pin-height=\"28\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_red_28.png\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/2-2015\/watercolorhearts.jpg\" alt=\"Water Color Hearts - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2F3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fwatercolor-hearts%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F2-2015%2Fwatercolorhearts.jpg&#038;description=Watercolor%20Hearts%20-%20painting%20with%20cookie%20cutters%20-%203Dinosaurs.com\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" data-pin-color=\"red\" data-pin-height=\"28\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_red_28.png\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painting with cookie cutters is a fun and easy craft for kids of all ages. This Watercolor Heart painting is a great heart shape craft and a Valentine&#8217;s craft in one. You can paint using the different sizes of cookie cutters for a very fun painting. And it is a great way to work in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200,5,1370],"tags":[237,226,392],"class_list":["post-17604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","category-painting","category-valentine","tag-hearts","tag-valentines","tag-water-color"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":200,"label":"holiday"},{"value":5,"label":"painting"},{"value":1370,"label":"Valentine"}],"post_tag":[{"value":237,"label":"hearts"},{"value":226,"label":"valentines"},{"value":392,"label":"water color"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Cassie","author_link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/cassie\/"},"comment_info":5,"category_info":[{"term_id":200,"name":"holiday","slug":"holiday","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":220,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":606,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":200,"category_count":606,"category_description":"","cat_name":"holiday","category_nicename":"holiday","category_parent":0},{"term_id":5,"name":"painting","slug":"painting","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":189,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":189,"category_description":"","cat_name":"painting","category_nicename":"painting","category_parent":0},{"term_id":1370,"name":"Valentine","slug":"valentine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1373,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":200,"count":33,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1370,"category_count":33,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Valentine","category_nicename":"valentine","category_parent":200}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":237,"name":"hearts","slug":"hearts","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":259,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":226,"name":"valentines","slug":"valentines","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":248,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":50,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":392,"name":"water color","slug":"water-color","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":420,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17604"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67333,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17604\/revisions\/67333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}