Snowflake Doily Painting

1 min read September 13, 2026 Becky James
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A Snowflake Doily Painting is a great creative project for kids to do during winter break. This simple and fun craft will have them wanting to do more. Using simple product children can create a watercolor work of art.

Project Time
10 to 20 min
Difficulty
Beginner
Step
1

Give each child some doilies for the snowflakes. They can use scissors to add more cuts to the doilies to give each snowflake a center and other designs.


Snowflake Doily Painting step 1
Step
2

Help each child apply some glue from a glue stick to the back of each snowflake doily and place on a canvas or water color paper. This isn't meant to stick on the whole time, just to provide a stencil for the snowflake pattern.


Snowflake Doily Painting step 2 part 1
Snowflake Doily Painting step 2 part 2
Step
3

Give each child a set of washable watercolor paints and let them begin to paint all over the canvas or watercolor paper. Encourage them to cover the canvas completely and try to get into each of the small doily spaces.


Snowflake Doily Painting step 3
Step
4

Once the canvas, or watercolor paper, is completely covered, help the children carefully remove the snowflake doilies from the canvas.
Each canvas will look different and unique much like a snowflake.


Snowflake Doily Painting step 4

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