With tin cans, colored cardboard, ice cream sticks you can create beautiful DIY projects inspired by Frida Kahlo.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himOne of the greatest Mexican artists, an unconventional icon, a strong, independent and courageous woman who has been able to transform pain into art.
It is just the mythical Frida Kahlo inspired by the DIY crafts and accessories that we propose below. Which you can create together with the children, taking the opportunity to describe the story of this revolutionary artist.
All you have to do is choose your favorite project, retrieve what you need and start creating.
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Frida-inspired jars with recycled tin cans
retrieve a tin can, wash it and dry it well by removing any labels. Paint it with acrylic water spray or directly with the brush. Let it dry and trace Frida's face on it with a pencil.
Before starting, we recommend that you draw it on a sheet of paper, in order to have a ready-made trace. Now you just have to color your face with acrylics and a brush. Finally, add some soil and succulent plants of your choice to the jar.
Frida doll with colored cardboard
Collect a few sheets of colored cardboard and make one doll inspired by Frida. The Inspiration Edit tells you how to proceed step by step. You will have to print ready-made shapes on the different colored cards, cut them out with scissors and gradually compose the doll. You will also need a black marker to draw the face. And don't forget the glue!
Frida bookmark with ice cream stick
Your kids will be looking forward to reading knowing they have such a cute bookmark. Sugar Spice and Glitter explains step by step how to make it, providing the shapes of the flowers, the face and the other elements that make up the bookmark, to be printed on the colored cardboard sheets. Once printed, simply compose them according to the instructions, using simple glue. And apply the ice cream stick at the end.
Frida-inspired wool and flower headband
Get some lana nera and some old artificial flowers. If you don't have any, you can always make the flowers with card or replace them with colored pom poms. You will also need blue ribbon, hot glue, scissors, bits of elastic fabric of different sizes. As The Velvet Mode explains to you, you will have to create the braid using the wool and the blue ribbon, apply the pieces of elastic fabric to the final tuft to create the headband-band. Finally glue the flowers.
If you want to try making flowers with paper, follow the instructions in the following video tutorial.
Cardboard carnival mask
Why not make a nice one Frida mask for Carnival? Draw the outline of the face on a rough cardboard, then color the hair black and add the inevitable eyebrows. In correspondence of the eyes, make two oval holes with the help of the cutter. Draw a circle on a sheet of blue construction paper. Glue it to your hair and add colored paper flowers, which you can make by following the instructions in the previous video tutorial.
Frida's squash
Instead of carving the pumpkin, this year try to decorate it in an alternative way inspired by Frida Kahlo. Using the cardboard, make the black eyebrows and the mouth, then glue them on the pumpkin. He adds a black wool braid and red pom poms to the top.
On the lower part, apply a strip of black cotton fabric with hot glue. You can have the children decorate it with brushes and fabric colors, favoring shades typical of Mexican folklore. Green for the leaves, red, orange, but also pink for the flowers.
Frida collage with cardboard of various colors
Retrieve some sheets of colored cardboard and draw different shapes on them. In particular you will need the oval of the face, flowers and leaves, eyebrows, eyes, mouth, nose, hair, headband, earrings.
Cut out each shape with scissors and slowly compose the collage, gluing the various elements in the right place. You can also add some XNUMXD flowers on the headband.
Cardboard cutout for photos inspired by Frida
Cardboard cutouts for photos are a lot of fun for children. So why not create one with them, inspired by Frida. Get a large sheet of cardboard, better if it is rigid enough, trace the outline of Frida's bust with a pencil and make a hole in correspondence with her face. Paint the masterpiece!
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