![]() You can do this by tracing around your art board on a piece of paper to get the correct size and designing your tiles to fit the space. To begin with It’s a good idea to plan out your design. This keeps well in a sealed plastic container. DIY mod-podge to seal the wooden surface before gluing the tiles on – create a batch by mixing 1 part PVA glue with 1 part water and stir.A sponge or cloth to wipe the excess grout off with.A knife or similar for mixing and spreading the grout on with (I used a large craft stick).Glue – You can buy specialty mosaic tile glue or you can also use regular tacky craft glue (which is a better choice for kids due to it being kidsafe and non toxic).If using traditional grout be sure to wear gloves and a dust mask. Grout – if you are crafting with kids you should do the grouting yourself or use kid-safe grout due to chemicals and dust that can be inhaled whilst doing this.A baseboard – you can make mosaics on all sorts of things like picture frames, vases and plant pots but we decided to keep it simple and used some A5 wooden project bases.We also added in some coloured buttons which I had in the cupboard and some beer bottle caps painted inside with nail polish Mosaic tiles – We selected some glass block mosaics, some glitter glass mini mosaics (the kids chose those) and to break up the squares a bit I also asked for some irregular shaped mosaic stones.Here are our tips if you’d like to attempt mosaics at home: In the end we were all quite happy with how they turned out. I have always wanted to attempt mosaics but have never gotten around to signing up for a course, so I was a little bit nervous as to how ours would turn out. After doing a bit of research I discovered that they are quite easy, and we kept ours simple by not using tile cutters to cut the tiles down into fragments. So based on our experience I’d recommend this craft for kids aged eight and up. Adults will love it too – you are never too old for mosaics. For younger kids you could always try foam mosaics or pattern blocks. My eight year old ended up completing two mosaics whilst my six year old designed one but then lost concentration when it came to gluing all the tiles down on to the base board (which I ended up helping with), but that is totally understandable for a child this age. Mosaics are a traditional craft which you can’t just pull off in a half hour, they take time, patience and planning to create which was a good test for my girls who are aged eight and six. When they saw that the tiles came in mini glitter colours they had their minds well and truly made up, mosaics it was! The girls love small things that sparkle and they were particularly excited to try their hand at this craft. It happened that we had just been to see a gallery display by a local mosaic artist and had been inspired by some of her wonderful designs, so in the end we decided to go with mosaic supplies. This is a very exciting thing for a craft blogger, but also very difficult because my head was spinning with all the different possibilities of things we could make. Recently we were asked to select any item we liked – that’s right, anything we liked – from a bulging fat catalogue of art and craft supplies belonging to Clever Patch. This is a craft my kids really wanted to try, and I have to admit mosaic art is something I’ve also always wanted to try myself! Today we’re looking at how to make traditional mosaic art for beginners.
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