Deer In Winter Watercolor Painting

There are so many fun animals to see during winter. And we love seeing the deer.

This simple deer in winter watercolor painting is great for kids to paint and enjoy.

You use watercolors and a deer cookie cutter to make this painting. And different ages can do it. You can see all the steps plus suggestions for younger kids as well.

This is a great winter painting activity to do for animals in winter.

Deer In Winter Watercolor Painting - a fun winter painting project with a deer walking though trees in winter. You have a watercolor painting for the background and a cookie cutter for the deer. - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Deer In Winter Painting is a great addition to the winter crafts and cookie cutter painting on the site.

What is Cookie Cutter Painting?

Painting with a cookie cutter is an easy craft for kids to do. This gives a template to paint in and the results are loads of fun.

Deer In Winter Watercolor Painting

the Deer In Winter Watercolor Painting is a watercolor painting with a blue background and black trees with a silhouette of a deer. The deer is made using a cookie cutter.

Books to Read with the Deer in Winter Painting

Animals in Winter tells about animals that are around in winter and some that migrate and hibernate.

Over and Under the Snow is another great look at animals and where they are in the winter. And you see a deer walking around in the book.

What we used to make the Deer In Winter Watercolor Painting

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watercolors
watercolor paper – this is great for painting projects
deer cookie cutter
large paint brush

Deer In Winter Painting - a fun winter painting project with a deer walking though trees in winter. You have a watercolor painting for the background and a cookie cutter for the deer. - 3Dinosaurs.com

How We Made the Deer In Winter Watercolor Painting

You will see all the steps to make the deer in winter painting.

Paint the Sky Blue

You use the watercolors and paint the sky blue. You can use a small brush but we have found that a bigger brush is easier to paint bigger areas.

You can start with a line between the snow and the sky.

If you have younger kids you can draw a line on the paper for where the sky and snow meet.

You can see how the sky looks after it has been painted. You have a clear sky and snow line.

Painting the Black Trees

Now you want to paint the trunks of the trees. You use black watercolor paint and you paint the long sticks on the page. They go from the snow area to the top of the page or maybe the middle of the page.

These trees can be any size that kids want to make them.

After painting the trunks of the trees, then you add some branches on each tree. This is simple to do and just adding smaller lines on the tree trunks.

These lines can be simple for younger kids and more complex for older kids.

Place the Deer Cookie Cutter on the Watercolor Paper

Next we are painting the deer and we start with placing the deer on the painting. You can place the deer where you want on the painting.

It should be standing on the snow is really about the only thing to tell kids.

Hold the Deer Cookie Cutter and Paint Inside

You want to hold on the outside of the cookie cutter or on top of the cookie cutter.

Then you use black paint and paint inside the deer cookie cutter.

You want to make sure to paint all around on the inside.

For older kids they can touch up the deer after they lift off the cookie cutter.

Final look at our Deer In Winter Watercolor Painting

More Animals in Winter Activities

Winter Cardinal Painting is a mix of painting and craft for Kids. You have a birch tree and a cardinal on a branch in a fun winter scene. You use the cookie cutter for the cardinal.

Animals in Winter Packs has two sets of packs a Preschool and to that has 130 pages and a PreK Kindergarten Pack that has 145 pages! Both are loaded with activities for ABCs, numbers, shapes, counting. Plus there is a mix of no-prep and hands-on activities in both sets.

Animals in Winter Sensory Bin has different animals you can see in winter with a fun kinetic sand base.

Animals in Winter Number Counting Mats has four different counting mats for kids to use with a mix of ten frames and counting mats.

Animals In Winter Activity Pack has prewriting, shapes, ABCs, and numbers with clip cards, easy reader books, no-prep pages, and tracing strips for preschool, prek and kindergarten age kids.

Check out all the fun Winter & Snow Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.