A couple weeks ago for Friday Funday we did an art project where we made mosaics using painted beans. It was such a hit that today I wanted to share more about it with you! This was a super fun (and messy) project that anyone can do. My kids had a blast with this one, so I’m sure your kids will too!
Supplies you will need:
- a bag of dry beans (we used an off brand, 2lb bag for my three girls and it was plenty)
- canvas or poster board (we used recycled cardboard pizza boxes!)
- paint (any colors you’d like)
- disposable cups or bowls (1 for each color you wish to use)
- paint brushes
- surface to dry the painted beans on that is disposable or can be easily cleaned (I used newspaper and the beans stuck to it, so I don’t recommend that!)
How to Make a Painted Bean Mosaic:
First, we added some paint to our disposable cups and stirred in some beans. Be careful with how much paint you put in because a little bit goes a long way!
Then we spread the painted beans out flat so they could dry. We used newspaper, which I do not recommend. We had issues with the beans sticking to the paper which made it a pain to get off later.
While the beans dried, we drew our pictures onto our canvases. I tried to get the girls to do simple drawings that would be easy to fill with beans and would be easy to tell what the final picture is supposed to be.
Once the beans finally dried (which took forever bc we apparently used too much paint, oops!) we started gluing them onto our pictures!
That’s it!
This project took a couple hours total with the painting of the beans and waiting for things to dry, but it was fun still the same!
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Lady Lilith says
October 21, 2015 at 7:52 pmThis is such a great idea. Looks like a lot of fun and works on amazing skills like hand eye coordination and focusing. Love it.
Jeanetta Roberts says
October 21, 2015 at 10:25 pmThank you for reading and thank you for commenting! The girls definitely had a good time with this one 🙂
Gracina says
October 23, 2015 at 12:29 amI love this idea.. The beans are cute when they are colored.. =)
Such fun things to do with kids too!
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Jeanetta Roberts says
October 23, 2015 at 12:37 amHey Gracina! Thanks for commenting! Yeah the kids really enjoyed this one, and it was fun to mix whatever colors we wanted 🙂 I think painting the beans was just as fun as making the mosaics themselves.. ha! Have an awesome weekend!
Iveth (fortheloveto.com) says
October 23, 2015 at 8:58 pmThese pictures are awesome I can tell than your kids were concentrated in each of their projects… I love that… I will definitely try it will my kids at home… great idea!!!! thanks for sharing with us at @Alittlebitofeverything
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Jeanetta Roberts says
October 24, 2015 at 11:55 amThank you so much Iveth! Yes they were totally into this one, so now I have to figure out how to top this one somehow.. ha! Thanks for commenting!
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