Q-Tip Art for Halloween
It’s so fun to use an every day object to make art! These Halloween q-tip paintings are so easy to make. Choose your favourite Halloween shapes and use a q-tip to stamp fun paint colours around them! This is a fun Halloween art project that’s all about creating outlines and celebrating negative space. It’s similar to our Fall Leaf Chalk Art, except we’re painting around the templates this time instead of using chalk. Painting with a q-tip is great for younger kids to learn fine motor skills and grip strength. It’s also a great project for kids because there’s no wrong way to do it – you can stamp anywhere and everywhere on the page, making each q-tip painting unique.
Check out our Halloween Q-Tip Painting video tutorial:
*Note: Scroll down for the step-by-step photo tutorial.
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Here’s what you’ll need:
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White Paper or Cardstock Halloween Templates Scissors Painter’s tape Q-Tips Acrylic paint
Where can I get Halloween templates?
You can find lots of great pumpkin templates and bat outlines on our site. We used the small versions of these for q-tip painting. The ghost template we used is from Wikihow and the cat template is from First Palette. You can find so many great Halloween printables for free just by searching Google. Enter your search term (eg. “witch hat”) and add “template”, “outline”, or “printable” to the end of it.
What else can I paint with besides a q-tip?
A pencil eraser (the flat, circular kind) is really fun to paint with, making a similar shape to the q-tip stamps. You can also use a marker cap or the end of a straw, which will create circle outlines. Try tying 5 or 6 q-tips together with an elastic to make your paintings even faster.
What can I use to draw faces inside the shapes?
We used a Sharpie marker (you can also use a washable black marker) to draw faces on some of our q-tip paintings, and we really like how it contrasts with the paint. We tried using a q-tip to paint the faces, but it didn’t look as nice.
Halloween q-tip painting is so much fun! Change up the paint colours and templates for a cool art project year round.
Here’s even more creative Halloween crafts:
Coffee Filter Monsters
Full Moon Silhouettes
Salt Painted Halloween Craft
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