Rainbow Painting

I made these rainbow bookmarks for my group of friends over the weekend and they turned out very bright and colorful. So I thought I would finally get back to this blog and post about how I did it. First I took a piece of white card stock and painted a horizontal stripe of each color going across the paper. I then let it dry for a couple hours. Next I cut the paper vertically into strips to make it into bookmarks and glued each one to another piece of card stock. This is an important step because sometimes the paper will look bent or wrinkled after it’s dry so glueing it to another piece of paper will flatten it. I then took a black marker and wrote my friends names on each strip of paper. I recommend using a permanent marker for this step because it shows up the best. Next comes the fun part: you can now decorate your bookmark anyway you want. For mine I just simply made dots with an orange bingo dabber and glued a decorative sequin to each one. But you can decorate your bookmark with just about anything, although flat items work best if you want to put it in a book. You could add glitter while the paint is still wet or decorate with stickers, foam pieces or paper cut outs. The possibilities are endless. You could also fold your piece of paper after the paint is dry to make a greeting card or just leave it as is and decorate it. Just put your own creative spin on it and your artwork will be unique.

Creatively yours,

Colleen🌈

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