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Oil Pastels + Oil = Paint!

Posted on August 28, 2012 14 Comments

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I’ve been day dreaming my way through a lovely art book I borrowed from the library. One day I will have time, and space, to try some of these things, to create something, I tell myself. Then I snapped out of wishful thinking mode and realised that I could play around with ideas now, and in fact, lots of them would be fun for the kids to explore and experiment with too! And that’s how we discovered the magic of oil pastels and oil…

What You Need…
Oil pastels
Oil – we used olive oil because we live next door to an olive grove.
Water Colour paper, or some nice heavy-ish paper
cotton buds (it’s what we call q-tips)

What to Do…
Draw a picture with lots of strong, bright colours!

oil pastels

Dip your cotton bud in a little bit of oil, wipe off the drips then rub it over your drawing and watch the oil pastels magically turn to paint!

oil pastels and oil

You can blend colours together easily, or use a different cotton bud for each colour to keep them separate.

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It’s a bit like using water colour pencils but the colour is lovely and bright!

This activity is easy, not very messy and loads of fun!

Find lots more easy art activities for kids here.

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  1. Kelly says

    We love art that transforms like this! We must try it out – pinning now!

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  2. Kylie @ Octavia and Vicky says

    Love it! Pinned it :)

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  3. Janice @ learning4kids says

    What a FAB idea!! I love your magic paint and can’t wait to try it out with the kids!

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  4. stephanie says

    Gorgeous drawings!

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  5. Penny says

    How have I not thought of this before? I have all the stuff for this activity too! Yay, I can feel some creative juices flowing. I may love this activity as much as the kidlets!

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  6. Jode says

    What a great idea…love those colours and pinning now!

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  7. Bek @ Just For Daisy says

    This is fabulous! :) Great to get Miss Daisy to start tracing and using those fine motor skills a little more in her art! :) Thanks for sharing! Pinned it and will let you know how we go!

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  8. Lesley says

    I will be trying this out tomorrow, it sounds neat!!

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  9. Kate - An Everyday Story says

    I reckon my little guy would enjoy this. Maybe with a paint brush though. We only ever use our oil pastels as really vibrant crayons. Hehe I’m sure that’s not their intended purpose :D

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  10. Ronnie Pearce says

    Perfect timing as school holidays are about to start for my oldest

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  11. Jeanine says

    This is one we haven’t tried! I think we’ll add it to our yearly Spring Flower art projects. Thank you Kate for sharing :D

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