Watercolor Tulips Flower Craft for Kids

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Make these colorful Watercolor Tulips Craft for kids using oil pastel resist and watercolor paint. This easy spring flower craft is perfect for preschool and elementary kids at home or in the classroom.

Watercolor Tulip Flower Craft for Kids

This Watercolor Tulip Flower Craft for Kids is such a fun way to combine bright colors, simple shapes, and a little bit of art magic! Using oil pastels and watercolor together creates a beautiful resist effect that kids always love watching come to life.

Once the painting is dry, kids turn their artwork into adorable tulips with smiling faces and leafy stems. It’s a creative, hands-on project that feels special but is still super easy to set up—perfect for a spring or summer craft day!

Why Kids Love This Craft

Watching the oil pastel resist magic happen
Creating their own colorful tulip designs
Adding cute faces and personality
Simple steps with a big, bright result

Materials Needed To Make A Popsicle Stick Artic Fox

Watercolor Tulips Template
9×12 in Watercolor Paper, we love this brand!
Cardstock, green and pink (for the petals and pink cheek)
Watercolors, we love this Crayola brand and also this brand with multiple colors
Oil Pastels
Googly Eyes
Black Sharpie

How to Make Watercolor Tulips

Step One:

Start by dividing your watercolor paper into sections. Use oil pastels to draw different patterns in each section—lines, squiggles, dots, or waves. You will want your top two sections to be whatever you want your flowers to be. You will need a small section for your pink cheeks and a larger section to make your leaves.

Step Two:

Paint over each section with watercolor. The oil pastel will resist the paint, making your designs show through. We chose to match the watercolor color to whatever our design colors were. Let everything dry completely.

Step Three:

Make your background piece the same way as you did your flower pieces.
Cut your background watercolor paper into thirds.
Glue onto white paper and trim around the edges for a small border.

Step Four:

Using our free watercolor tulips template cut out your tulip pieces. You will need two leaves, two cheeks, one flower, and one stem per flower that you plan to make.