This may just be one of the easiest and most fun watercolor flower painting projects, because you don’t even have to “paint”! Love blowing bubbles? Love to paint Hydrangea flowers? Read on.
When I first stumbled upon an image of bubble paint hydrangeas on Discount School Supplies website, I just knew I HAVE to try it! I had so much fun and made the paintings in 2 ways because I don’t want to stop!
First, the bubble paint recipes- use paint and dish soap that are labeled Non Toxic !!
You can buy bubble paint, but it’s very easy to make your own! I tested a few mixes, and the one I am really happy with is 1 part (by volume) acrylic paint, 1 part dish soap, and 2 parts water. Mix them up, that’s it! ( Some of the helpful resources are affiliate links. Full disclosure here. )
Find a dish to mix the paint. Mine are about 6″x9″, and 2″ deep.
The paper I use here are these card stock, which hold up great! Now let the fun begin!
When you get a clump of fat bubbles ( I don’t need to explain how to do that right?) take a piece of paper and press it onto the bubbles. You can repeat a couple of times to get the desired shapes and colors!
A shallow dish works well because the bubbles can come up easily, and when we press the paper onto the bubbles, the paper won’t touch the rim of the dish and cause smudging.
I used 2 colors here, one dish has rose pink, the other purple.
Now our Hydrangea flowers are starting to take shape!
For one of the paintings, I painted some watercolor leaves in various shades of green, cut them out and glued them around the blossoms.
The other painting was completed by adding stems and painting a few leaves with water color.
These brushes are great for all kinds of painting . I like using those with a nice pointed tip for watercolors, they are great for washes, and for finer details.
I felt the leaves need to pop a bit more, so I used a pen and added some rich details in both paintings, super easy though, just draw some lines!
These are my favorite art pens to use! Sakura 6-Piece Pigma Micron Ink Pens. I used #01 here.
Now a little gift / craft project- make your own sets flower greeting cards with these free printable cards!
Make your own sets flower greeting cards with free printable cards!
If you love the idea of painting with unconventional and fun techniques, here are a couple of tutorials you will enjoy –
Paint a Watercolor Fall tree in 10 minutes!
Paint easy watercolor flowers!
Hope you enjoyed today’s little project!
Wish everyone a bubbly weekend! =)
Lynn
January 9, 2015 at 7:38 amBeautiful!
My grandson wants to try it!
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 9:12 amhis will be gorgeous! xo
Liz weiss
May 28, 2016 at 5:22 amYou are amazing. I have wanted to try painting and you are the spark that will get me started.
ananda
June 2, 2016 at 9:29 pmhappy painting Liz!! =)
Cherie
January 9, 2015 at 8:04 amoh noooooooooooooo another lovely idea for me to try. I need more hours in the day
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 9:13 amthank you cherie! i need 48hr/day too! =)
Jeanine
January 9, 2015 at 10:58 amHow beautiful! What a great idea! My girls would be super thrilled to do this!
Lee Anne
January 9, 2015 at 11:48 amAhh this is SO cute!!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
xoxo
Lee Anne
http://lifeinatx.com/
Angelic Sinova
January 9, 2015 at 12:10 pmOkay, so I have to do this IMMEDIATELY! How cute is this?! I can’t wait to try this. I only hope mine come out as beautiful as this <3
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 9:14 amyay have fun angelic! xx
Lix
January 9, 2015 at 12:26 pmThat is such a cool method and the results are gorgeous!
Heather
January 9, 2015 at 12:40 pmI have done bubble painting with my daughter, but nothing this lovely came of it! Maybe mom needs to do some bubble painting of her own! These are great! 🙂
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 10:15 amyes mom needs to play more! xx
Shipra
January 9, 2015 at 2:19 pmLOVE how it turned out – VERY 3D! Super cute! I definitely want to try this with my kiddo! <3
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 10:16 amawesome! have fun! xx
alyssa
January 9, 2015 at 3:52 pmThis is way too nifty! I must give this a try! <3
Sabrina Alery
January 9, 2015 at 5:40 pmWow!! What a lovely and super fun craft! I will definitely be trying this with the kids over the weekend. Thanks so much for sharing 😉
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 10:14 amhave fun sabrina and thank you for visiting! =)
Shannon Peterson
January 9, 2015 at 8:53 pmOh my gosh, I’m totally pinning this – GORGEOUS! And they actually *look* pretty easy too!
karissa
January 9, 2015 at 10:08 pmThis is so beautiful and looks like a lot of fun to do.
jamie@makeuplifelove
January 9, 2015 at 10:18 pmOMG this is so cool looking. I love how creative it is, and it is super gorgeous on the outcome. Thanks for sharing this!!
Michelle Snow
January 9, 2015 at 10:50 pmOh my gosh. This is seriously amazing, I am blown away. You always do such amazing things. I wish I had a tenth of your talent.
Chelsea
January 9, 2015 at 11:19 pmI love how this turned out! You are SO talented!
Local Adventurer (Las Vegas Blog)
January 10, 2015 at 12:49 amoh wow! these turned out great!! who knew you could do that with bubbles.
Amy H.
January 10, 2015 at 5:57 amFun, fun, fun!
Beth@FrugalFroggie
January 10, 2015 at 8:31 amMy son got to do something like at school last year. It looks like fun.
Chrissy
January 10, 2015 at 8:58 amThese are so pretty! What a fun project. Thanks for sharing!
Natalie
January 10, 2015 at 9:11 amThis is SUCH a cute method! I’m not exactly artistically inclined (my students used to make fun of me when I tried to draw stuff on the board back when I was teaching!!), but I love arts and craft. Definitely trying this!
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 9:16 amhave fun natalie! =)
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen
January 10, 2015 at 9:43 amAnanda, I hope you are ready for company, because I’m totally coming over! You do the funnest projects – and you even seem to make it do-able for the rest of us! I would never attempt anything like this, but with the tutorial, I just might give it a try. So pretty!
ananda
January 11, 2015 at 9:15 amawesome! we will have soap bubbles for lunch and spiced shrimp for dinner! xo
Chelley @ AisForAdelaide
January 10, 2015 at 6:34 pmThis is beautiful! What stunning and creative art!
Lindsay
January 10, 2015 at 10:30 pmAll of these are so pretty!! I really need to have more art around my home!
Emma Harris
January 11, 2015 at 12:50 pmYou are so clever, I love this x
The Daydreamer
January 12, 2015 at 12:27 pm“Unconventional and fun techniques” – well said. And they are rekindling my hopes 🙂 This would also be great to do with kids, though my “eldest” (she’s three) might be tempted to swallow the bubbles rather than blowing them… hem…
ananda
January 13, 2015 at 11:18 pmi was tempted to swallow the bubbles too! =)
yaitza
January 12, 2015 at 12:46 pmThis is so pretty and does not seem hard to do either.. Thanks for sharing ;o)
Brenda
January 12, 2015 at 10:54 pmWow! These look simply incredible!
Sally
January 13, 2015 at 1:27 amI love your creativity and that you share all your ideas and discoveries. 🙂
Jiska de Vries
February 20, 2015 at 2:36 pmhi there,
I just tried this out, because it looked so good and nice how you did it.
But it didn’t work out for me ;(.
I don’t get how to make the bubbles grow big. By me they only stayed small 🙁 and tried it many times.
I also don’t get how you put it on a paper?
Could you please help me out wiht this?
Really want to understand this…
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Jiska
ananda
February 20, 2015 at 9:04 pmhi jiska, paints are different in consistency, if the bubbles are too small, try equal part paint, soap, and water. when the mixture is thicker, the bubbles can get bigger =)
just press the paper gently on top of the bubbles and lift off, that should work!
Camille L
March 13, 2015 at 4:25 amThank you so much for the tutorial, I’ve been trying to do this for many times now and I failed, my mistake is that I only put a little bit of dish soap.
ananda
March 13, 2015 at 4:07 pmthanks camille! thickness is the key! hope it works now =)
Melissa Boyce
March 15, 2015 at 7:58 amThis is beautiful and cannot wait to try with my daughter. She loves art!! Thank you for sharing
ananda
March 15, 2015 at 8:09 amthank you melissa!! enjoy!!
مریم
May 2, 2015 at 1:53 amعالیه.GOOD
Jenna Michelle Pink
June 11, 2015 at 1:22 amThis is great 🙂 So fun and effective :-).. Thinking of adapting this sightly as an art activity for my child (when he can be trusted to not slurp up the bubbles) I am sure he would love it 🙂
I have featured this tutorial in a floral craft inspiration list on my blog to share with my readers 🙂 http://www.jennamichellepink.co.uk/2015/06/11/12-fabulous-floral-craft-ideas/
ananda
June 11, 2015 at 5:01 pmthank you so much jenna!! xx
Patricia
April 8, 2016 at 1:39 pmHI. My colors are not coming out nearly as dark as the ones in the picture are. Any suggestions? Thanks!
ananda
April 10, 2016 at 10:03 pmi would use darker colors, and repeat with more layers =)
Gwen
April 29, 2017 at 8:16 amI just discovered your page and I am so in love! You have Talent – thank you so much for sharing! There are so many ideas here I’d like to try! This one my kids will definitely adore. Thank you for the inspiration
ananda
April 29, 2017 at 5:58 pmhi gwen, thank you so much for your kind words! thrilled to have you here! 🙂
Sharon
May 3, 2017 at 3:11 amI’ve been looking for an art project to do with my daughter’s 1st grade class, this looks perfect! Do you know of the bubble/paint mixtures can be made in advance? Thanks!
ananda
May 3, 2017 at 11:57 pmHi sharon, if you cover the mixture it will still work the next day. Just stir it up. I would not store it for too long 🙂
Mimi
June 9, 2017 at 11:20 pmHi! I am thinking about doing this as a 1 day project in my VBS. How long does it take for the bubbles to dry on the paper? I am planning on painting leaves on white paper before hand and have them cut out the leaves themselves.
ananda
June 10, 2017 at 7:21 pmthey dry within an hour 🙂 happy painting!
Mimi
June 13, 2017 at 2:01 amOk great! This will be on my art program this year! So excited! Thank you!
Linda Humphries
October 29, 2017 at 7:37 amThey turned out so beautiful
Jessica Gensmer
April 15, 2018 at 1:30 pmWhat brand dish soap did you use? I used Dawn. No matter what, I could not stir in the shallow dish enough to create big bubbles. I tried shaking in a shaker and pouring it into a dish, which made the big bubbles but they went down right away:( I LOVE this craft and am determined to make it work! Ha:)
Thanks so much for a completely beautiful and unique DIY! I can’t wait to have a successful batch!
ananda
April 15, 2018 at 4:02 pmhi jessica, i use trader joes lavender dish soap =) maybe try a little more soap to water ratio?
Jessica Gensmer
June 25, 2018 at 3:58 pmYou know what?! I missed the part about using a straw to blow bubbles into it. Doy. I will try again;)
ananda
June 25, 2018 at 6:41 pmthat should make a big difference! 🙂
Nan
April 18, 2018 at 3:25 amThank you for sharing! I’m using the bubble art with my Pre-k4 class for Art in the Park( an annual ” Muffins with Mom event”.
ananda
April 18, 2018 at 7:41 pmthank you Nan! happy painting! =)
Kristine Marie
May 31, 2018 at 11:45 amThe bubble painting looks like so much fun!! As well as the fall tree with water colors♡! Is there a video perhaps, of you showing us how? Did I scroll right by it? I’m excited to try but unfortunately I’m more of a visual type of person and a video would be wonderful????????,, if not that’s okay I will still give it a try w mu songs who love to paint too????????.
Thank you for your time,
Kristine Marie
ananda
May 31, 2018 at 12:28 pmhi kristine! i have a spring tree watercolor ( super fun! ) with video- http://www.apieceofrainbow.com/spring-trees-watercolor-painting/. these don’t have video, but it’s a good idea, i will consider making some! =)
Joanna
July 8, 2018 at 10:17 pmThis bubble DIY tutorial is awesome. You read my mind. Thanks for sharing this.