{"id":33871,"date":"2018-12-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=33871"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T10:58:56","slug":"glitter-watercolor-christmas-lights-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/glitter-watercolor-christmas-lights-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is our favorite time of the year. We are always doing activities for it. This year we are doing another <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/count-down-christmas-books\/\">book count down<\/a>. We have been doing a craft with a lot of our books. Every day we are picking out a new book to read and trying to match up crafts with the books every other day.<\/p>\n<p>Today we read <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Qdnl4l\">Mr. Willowby&#8217;s Christmas Tree<\/a>. We love this book and how fun it is. We talked about what goes on a Christmas tree and how we decorated our own tree.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing we could think of was Christmas Lights. So we pulled out the Christmas lights cookie cutters and had a blast doing this <strong>Glitter Watercolor Christmas Light Painting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/watercolorchristmaslights.jpg\"  alt=\"Easy to do Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting - using glitter watercolors and cookie cutters is easy to have different ages work together on a fun painting activity - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fglitter-watercolor-christmas-lights-painting%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F12-2018%2Fwatercolorchristmaslights.jpg&#038;description=Easy%20to%20do%20Glitter%20Watercolor%20Christmas%20Lights%20Painting%20-%20using%20glitter%20watercolors%20and%20cookie%20cutters%20is%20easy%20to%20have%20different%20ages%20work%20together%20on%20a%20fun%20painting%20activity%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%23christmas%20%23paintingforkids%20%233dinosaurs\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>We have totally enjoyed painting with cookie cutters. It has made some great paintings over the years. It is great for different ages to work together.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas lights are all bright colors and we love the new glitter watercolors we got and use them when we can. This activity was a great way for us to work on our fine motor while doing something fun.<\/p>\n<h2>What you need for this activity:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004M59O4C\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B004M59O4C&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=bffee6ead8c82caefd7a8117d49d376d\">watercolor paper<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B004M59O4C\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>glitter watercolors<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009066Q6W\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B009066Q6W&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=0598ba192961a4b3bb684d386693ce71\">Christmas lights cookie cutters<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B009066Q6W\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/watercolorchristmaslights1.jpg\"  alt=\"Easy to do Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting - using glitter watercolors and cookie cutters is easy to have different ages work together on a fun painting activity - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How we did this activity<\/h2>\n<p>You place the cookie cutter on the paper where you want it. Them you pick a color you want. Then holding the cookie cutter you paint inside it. This is great for fine motor control and an easy way to paint different shapes.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/watercolorchristmaslights2.jpg\"  alt=\"Easy to do Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting - using glitter watercolors and cookie cutters is easy to have different ages work together on a fun painting activity - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After you have one you move to the next one you want to paint. If you want to overlap the colors I suggest waiting a little time between them.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/watercolorchristmaslights3.jpg\"  alt=\"Easy to do Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting - using glitter watercolors and cookie cutters is easy to have different ages work together on a fun painting activity - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The last thing we did was connect all the light with a black marker. It was fun to see how everyone had their own ideas on how to make it work.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/watercolorchristmaslights4.jpg\"  alt=\"Easy to do Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting - using glitter watercolors and cookie cutters is easy to have different ages work together on a fun painting activity - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Here is a look at our final paintings<\/h2>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/watercolorchristmaslights5.jpg\"  alt=\"Easy to do Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting - using glitter watercolors and cookie cutters is easy to have different ages work together on a fun painting activity - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fglitter-watercolor-christmas-lights-painting%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F12-2018%2Fwatercolorchristmaslights5.jpg&#038;description=Easy%20to%20do%20Glitter%20Watercolor%20Christmas%20Lights%20Painting%20-%20using%20glitter%20watercolors%20and%20cookie%20cutters%20is%20easy%20to%20have%20different%20ages%20work%20together%20on%20a%20fun%20painting%20activity%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%23christmas%20%23paintingforkids%20%233dinosaurs\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Check out these other Christmas light activities and crafts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/fine-motor-sorting-christmas-lights\/\">Fine Motor: Sorting Christmas Lights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/christmas-lights-water-bead-sensory-bin\/\">Christmas Lights Water Bead Sensory Bin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/christmas-light-sensory-bin\/\">Christmas Light Sensory Bin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out all our <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/20-christmas-crafts-and-activities-for-kids\/\">Christmas Activities here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/20-christmas-crafts-and-activities-for-kids\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/11-2018\/christmasactivitiesroundup-2018.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Activities - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is our favorite time of the year. 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