Make This Fun MESS-FREE Fall Bookmark Craft for Kids

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My daughter L.O.V.E’s to craft and create, all day, every day. I love that she is so creative and doesn’t need blinking lights and technology to entertain her but I don’t love the mess that her crafting inevitably makes all over the table and floor.  Her favorite crafting tool is by far paint…one of the messiest ways to express herself! I have never been so happy as when I got these Kwik Stix Solid Tempera Paint Sticks for her to try!

She gets to craft and momma isn’t at the sink for 30 minutes washing brushes, wiping spills up off the floor, or scrubbing off the table. It’s a win/win for both of us.  I gave her the Kwik Stix and a few basic craft supplies and let her unleash her imagination! She came up with these adorable fall bookmarks, which are also great to use to track the line you are on or as a pointer for practicing sight words, colors, and so on.

Crafting with Kwik Stix: Make a Fall Bookmark to Encourage Reading!

Here is all you need to create your own:

• Jumbo wooden craft sticks
• Kwik Stix Solid Tempera Paint
• Google eyes
• Chenille stems
• Fine permanent marker-optional

Since the Kwik Stix paint is mess-free, you don’t even have to dig out the smocks!  You can create yours with any theme or color scheme that you like but since we are about to be knee deep in autumn we went for fall bookmarks that would help us keep our place.

How to make this mess-free fall bookmarks craft

Use your Kwik Stix Solid Tempera Paint stick to draw designs, or color the entire thing. My girl went for pumpkins, leaves, apples, a scarecrow and corn. I tried to get a plaid flannel pattern going with mine.

Next, we let it dry completely, and unlike super wet drippy paint it didn’t take long at all (just around 90 seconds!), another plus for kids who hate waiting between steps. I also loved the nice even coverage it had on our wood, I also tried it on glass, metal, paper and found it was consistent on all the different materials.

Finally, you can add pipe cleaners, google eyes, and details with a fine tip permanent marker to finish off your creations.

Look how vibrant the color is! The best part? It won’t fade or crack, so her bookmarks will always be this beautiful!

The mess to clean up afterwards was just our extra supplies, and making sure the caps were back on our Kwik Stix. The best part? She only had one tiny spot of paint on her thumb to wipe off afterwards there was nothing to soak or clean.

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Make This Fun MESS-FREE Fall Bookmark Craft for Kids

Materials

• Jumbo wooden craft sticks
• Kwik Stix Solid Tempera Paint
• Google eyes
• Chenille stems
• Fine permanent marker-optional

Instructions

1. Use your Kwik Stix Solid Tempera Paint stick to draw designs, or color the entire thing. My girl went for pumpkins, leaves, apples, a scarecrow and corn. I tried to get a plaid flannel pattern going with mine.
2. Next, we let it dry completely, and unlike super wet drippy paint it didn’t take long at all (just around 90 seconds!), another plus for kids who hate waiting between steps. I also loved the nice even coverage it had on our wood, I also tried it on glass, metal, paper and found it was consistent on all the different materials.
3. Finally, you can add pipe cleaners, google eyes, and details with a fine tip permanent marker to finish off your creations.
4. Look how vibrant the color is! The best part? It won’t fade or crack, so her bookmarks will always be this beautiful!

Kwik Stix are now a permanent part of our craft supplies and I promise you that once you and your child give them a try you will love them too.   Kwik Stix come in all sorts of different packs and colors. I suggest grabbing the 12-pack in basic colors, then adding on some fun neon colors or the Metalix pack!

What fun mess-free crafts would you make with Kwik Stix? Share below!