Materials
White construction paper; butcher paper works well, too!
2 or 3 colors of tempera paint
Freshly-cut pine boughs to paint with
Directions
Painting with pine boughs is a unique, prickly-tickly experience! You’ll want to take your little one with you to help select the pine boughs. Be sure to take time to smell them and to feel the “pointiness!”
This can really be done on any color paper, with your choice of colors. I found it most effective to squirt little drops of color all over the paper and sweep the pine boughs through the paint. The effect is a very wispy one, with some mixing of the colors, but the paint won’t be too muddy. If your child really enjoys the process, let him/her do several paintings. And if you choose to paint on butcher paper, you can use the end result for a unique wrapping paper after it’s dried!