{"id":18629,"date":"2023-06-19T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/?p=18629"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:04:09","slug":"watermelon-puffy-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/watermelon-puffy-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon Puffy Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Using shaving foam, paint<\/a> & flour, this puffy painting technique is so much fun for kids. It also encourages self-expression and creativity, colour recognition and fine motor development. Children will love creating their very own Watermelon painting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using shaving foam, paint & flour, this puffy painting technique is so much fun for kids. It also encourages self-expression and creativity, colour recognition and fine motor development. Children will love creating their very own Watermelon painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,548,257,294,311,229,576],"tags":[656,700,565,681],"class_list":["post-18629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-fruit","category-painting","category-seasons","category-summer-seasons","category-themes","category-watermelon","tag-fruit","tag-painting","tag-summer","tag-watermelon"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["1 hour"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects","Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1280","time":"30 minutes + drying time","skill_level":"Easy. Adult supervision needed","how_to_make":"

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  1. First print the watermelon template onto coloured card or draw your own design with pencil.<\/li>\r\n
  2. Mix up a few colours of paint (red, white, and green) in separate bowls using the recipe below:<\/li>\r\n
  3. Start with 1 cup plain flour, Add 1 cup of PVA glue, Squirt 1 \u00bd cup shaving cream into a bowl and mix them all together to create white puffy paint then separate the mixture into bowls and add a generous squirt of paint for each colour.<\/li>\r\n
  4. Then transfer this paint into icing bags or you can use a paintbrush if you prefer.<\/li>\r\n
  5. Snip the corner of the bag and trace the top of the watermelon with green puffy paint.<\/li>\r\n
  6. Outline the rest with red puffy paint, when you have an outline fill in your watermelon.<\/li>\r\n
  7. Paint a line of white puffy paint on top, between the green and red puffy paint.<\/li>\r\n
  8. Cut out seeds from black card and stick these onto your watermelon.<\/li>\r\n
  9. Allow to dry overnight before moving.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","shopping_list":"
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    • Shaving Foam<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Plain Flour<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Icing or Sandwich Bags<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Bowls<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Scissors<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"If your mixture is too runny add more flour. ","image_01":68379,"step_instruction_01":"","image_02":68380,"step_instruction_02":"","image_03":68381,"step_instruction_03":"","image_04":"","step_instruction_04":"","image_05":"","step_instruction_05":"","image_06":"","step_instruction_06":"","template":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/media\/patticrafts\/K1280%20Watermelon%20Puffy%20Painting.pdf","related_projects":"20511,20502,20492,20480,20472","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"","products":"FC875,EX1054,FN078,FN167","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":10,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18629"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85646,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18629\/revisions\/85646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}