Painting with tea bags

Preschool art with tea bags is the ultimate process art! It also involves fine motor and using the sense of smell. AND, it's super easy to set up!

Preschool Art with Tea Bags - Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Learn how to add a digital print to a tea bag for art journal artwork

I drink hot tea and I like lots of different flavors. I buy different brands, like Stash, Steep, or Twinings. All three brands have tea bags that are the same size, no staples, and have similar texture. Since I drink so much tea, it always pains me to throw out the used tea bags (I think “Oh no, th

Happy Earth Day! Whilst racking my brains for recycled crafts (which we love), it occurred to me that I was due to use up my various tea bags I had been saving for a few days - you know, for no particular reason!! So here's a great way to "mark" the occasion- painting with used tea bags! Here are the teas I used: I placed each bag in a bowl and added some fresh boiling water - not too much as I wanted the colour to be as concentrated as possible. Using watercolour paper, I made a colour…

As a part of our tea study we put away the paints and painted with bags of tea instead. The colors were so pretty and the room smelled quite fruity. The children experienced a number of senses as they painted with the bags. I get to class up to an hour before the kiddos arrived so was able to heat up some water in the microwave warm enough to help the tea develop but cool enough that the bags would be cool to touch when the kiddos arrived. You can do this with your kiddos at home as a…

Re-purpose your coffee filters and teabags! How I discovered the beauty of using them in my collage artwork.

New York artist Ruby Silvious has released a book featuring her watercolor series painted on tea bags, partly inspired by her time spent in Japan.