{"id":18893,"date":"2023-04-21T09:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/?p=18893"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:13:22","slug":"buddhist-silhouette-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/teachers\/subjects\/buddhist-silhouette-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Silhouette Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Craft a set of serene and beautiful Buddhist Silhouette Cards, perfect for adding a touch of mindfulness to your card-making. Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paper-and-card\/paper-and-card-packs\">card<\/a> as your base, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paint\">paint<\/a> vibrant, colourful backgrounds to make striking silhouette designs stand out. These elegant and easy-to-create cards are ideal for teaching children about different cultures and traditions, allowing creativity to flow while promoting calm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craft a set of serene and beautiful Buddhist Silhouette Cards, perfect for adding a touch of mindfulness to your card-making. Using card as your base, paint vibrant, colourful backgrounds to make striking silhouette designs stand out. These elegant and easy-to-create cards are ideal for teaching children about different cultures and traditions, allowing creativity to flow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[286,233,552,241,49,3],"tags":[616,684],"class_list":["post-18893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-subjects","category-activity","category-buddhism","category-card-making","category-teachers","category-kids","tag-buddhism","tag-card-making"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["1 hour"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects","Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1345","time":"1.5 hours + drying time for paint","skill_level":"Beginner","how_to_make":"<ol>\r\n \t<li>Cut a piece of A4 watercolour paper in half. Lightly brush clean water over one piece of paper then quickly brush paint over the top for a sky background.. Use 2 or 3 colours so the paints blend together. Paint the other piece of paper with different colours. Leave to dry.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fold a piece of white card 12cm x 12cm in half. Draw half a Buddha shape as an outline on the card then cut it out. Open out the card into a symmetrical Buddha shape. Place the Buddha shape onto black card, draw around the card with a pale coloured pencil then cut it out.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Trim the painted sky background around the edges then glue it onto a folded card. Cut out a sun or lotus flower from the other piece of painted paper, or cut silhouette leaf shapes from black card. 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