Groundhog Watercolor Painting with A Cookie Cutter
Groundhog day is about the groundhog seeing shadows and this painting is about painting lots of different shades of shadows of the groundhog with kids.
And simple cookie cutter painting with watercolors that is easy for different ages to do.
You need only a few simple things, and you are having fun painting away for Groundhog Day.
The Groundhog Watercolor Painting is a great addition to the groundhog activities and the cookie cutter crafts 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, and the results are loads of fun.
Groundhog Watercolor Painting with Cookie Cutters
Groundhog watercolor painting is painting inside Groundhog cookie cutters with watercolor paints. It is a fun painting and fine motor activity for kids.
The Groundhogs in this painting and done with browns, grays and blacks for shadows on the page.
This is a fun twist on the Groundhog Shadow Painting we did.
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Groundhog Book to Read with This Painting
Groundhog Day by Gail Gibbons is a great book to read with this painting activity. You can learn all about the history for the groundhog and how the traditions have been passed down.
You can find more groundhog day books here.
What we used to make the Groundhog Watercolor Painting
- watercolors
- watercolor paper – this is great for painting projects
- groundhog cookie cutter
- large paint brush
How we made the Groundhog Watercolor Painting
You can see the steps below that we used to make the Groundhog watercolor painting.
Place the Groundhog Cookie Cutter on the Watercolor Paper
You place the groundhog cookie cutter on the watercolor paper. It does not matter where they start painting the groundhog.
Hold the Groundhog Cookie Cutter and Paint Inside
You want to hold the cookie cutter in place while you paint. You can hold the cookie cutter on the outside or on the top of the cookie cutter.
After you decide how you want to hold the cookie cutter, you then paint inside the cookie cutter with the watercolor paints. You can use any of the dark colors you want to use.
Look the the Groundhog on the Paper
You can lift up the groundhog cookie cutter and see the shape of the groundhog. It is fun to see after you get done painting.
The fun part about this type of painting is that different ages can do the painting and each will be different even with the same cookie cutter shape.
Keep Painting Groundhog
After you have one groundhog painting you paint another. You just move the cookie cutter to another part of the paper and keep painting.
You can have the groundhogs over lap. You can keep them all separate while they are painting.
It does not matter how they paint the groundhog each one will be different. And that is totally okay and even fun for kids.
And remember this is their painting and they can paint three groundhogs and that will be okay. It is even fine if they only paint one.
The idea is to have fun painting and not to have kids upset by having to do more.
Final look at our Groundhog Watercolor Painting
More Groundhog Activities for Kids
Groundhog Weekly No-Prep Packs has weekly packs with a winter theme. They have PreK, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. You will find 4 pages of printables for each with. They have a mix of math and language activities.
Groundhog Day Books has some of our favorite books to read. You are going the find groundhog history books and fictional groundhog books.
Groundhog Shadow Painting is a fun sunrise shadow painting with a cookie cutter. Plus suggestions for doing with different ages.
Exploring Shadow Puppets has a fun way to explore shadows that is fun for all ages to do. This is a great shadow play activity for groundhog day.
Check out all the fun Groundhog Day Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com