Earth Day Coffee Filter Watercolor Flower Craft
Earth Day is quickly approaching, but we wanted to be sure to share this darling Earth Day Coffee Filter Watercolor Flower Craft. It’s so fun, using washable markers to make watercolors. Simply color the Earth in the center of a coffee filter then spray with water.
We experimented with a lot of different backgrounds for this craft. The contrast of the black cardstock really made the watercolors pop more than anything else. It’s also nice, because the black represents space and the universe and then there’s our Earth, blooming in a beautiful flower.
Coffee Filter Watercolor Flower Earth Craft
For this Earth Day craft you will need coffee filters, washable markers in blue, green, and we used a bit of purple, too, black and green cardstock, a spray bottle of water, scissors and a glue stick.
Earth Day Coffee Filter Watercolor Craft Supplies Needed
- Coffee filters
- Washable markers – blue, green, purple
- Cardstock – black, green
- Spray bottle of water
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Earth Watercolor Coffee Filter Craft Step by Step Directions
Begin by placing a coffee filter on a stack of newspapers or something to protect your surface as you will be squirting water.
Now, begin drawing the Earth in the center circle of the coffee filter. We started with green for land.
Then filled in the rest with blue for water, and touches of purple.
Next, use a spray bottle of water to spray the center of the coffee filter with one good spritz of water. You want the colors to blend together, but not run off completely. So the less you spray, the better. If sprayed on target, then one good spray should be all you need.
Let the coffee filter dry.
While the coffee filter is drying, cut a simple strip for the stem and leaf shape from green cardstock.
Glue the stem and leaf to the bottom of a sheet of black cardstock.
Finally, when the coffee filter is completely dry, glue just the center of the coffee filter right above the stem. The coffee filter will be flattened with the water, so we also folded the edges back up some.
Such a pretty and fun Earth craft, while reusing items we have on hand, too. Happy Earth Day!
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More Earth Day Crafts for Kids
Looking for more fun Earth Day crafts for kids? Check out our Paper Plate Handprint Earth Craft, Newspaper Flowers Craft, Cardboard Roll Stamp Earth Craft, and our Galaxy Handprint Earth Craft to name just a few of our fun Earth Day crafts at Our Kid Things!
Earth Day Coffee Filter Watercolor Flower Craft
This fun Earth Day craft uses washable markers to make a watercolor Earth in coffee filter flowers.
Materials
- Coffee filters
- Washable markers - blue, green, purple
- Cardstock - black, green
- Spray bottle of water
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Instructions
- Begin by placing a coffee filter on a stack of newspapers or something to protect your surface as you will be squirting water.
- Now, begin drawing the Earth in the center circle of the coffee filter. We started with green for land.
- Then filled in the rest with blue for water, and touches of purple.
- Next, use a spray bottle of water to spray the center of the coffee filter with one good spritz of water.
- Let the coffee filter dry.
- While the coffee filter is drying, cut a simple strip for the stem and leaf shape from green cardstock.
- Glue the stem and leaf to the bottom of a sheet of black cardstock.
- Finally, when the coffee filter is completely dry, glue just the center of the coffee filter right above the stem.
- The coffee filter will be flattened with the water, so we also folded the edges back up some.
Notes
When spraying with water, you want the colors to blend together, but not run off completely. So the less you spray, the better. If sprayed on target, then one good spray should be all you need.