• used tissue and crepe paper that is not water-resistant (this is very important)
• Larger sheet of watercolor paper (preferred) or drawing paper
• plant mister with water in it
• scissors or punches are optional

The first thing you need to do is check to see if the tissue paper will bleed when wet. Do a quick swatch test to find out:

Now take your water-reactive tissue and crepe and tear it into shapes. Or use scissors. Or punches. Let the kids have fun.

Next, lay your shapes onto your paper…..and mist away. My kids like this part best.

Let the watercolor paper absorb the released dye and dry on it’s own. It’s nice to let it sit overnight. Then you get to see how your “painting” looks!