Summer begins in less than 2 weeks and nothing screams summer as much as sunshiny colors and bright yellow lemons! My easy mixed media lemon craft is the perfect arts and crafts summer project for kids or adults. Hello, adult here, and I enjoyed creating it!
This is a very simple mixed media project to start out with since this form of art can get quite elaborate.
There are a multitude of supplies that can be incorporated into this type of artwork, such as, design stencils, ink stamps, distress ink, embossing powder, cloth, and the list goes on. I didn’t have any of those items on hand so I just experimented with what was in my craft stash.
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EASY MIXED MEDIA LEMON CRAFT
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
- square canvas
- scrapbook paper ~ lemon, brown, green
- craft paint ~ yellow, blue, brown
- eclipse stencil
- mod podge
- dotter ~ I used end of artist brush
- ruler
- pencil
- sponge paint brush
- scissors
- blue seed beads
- green floss thread
- yellow buttons
HOW TO MAKE A MIXED MEDIA LEMON CRAFT
STEP 1 – TRACE & CUT PAPER PIECES OUT
Use your eclipse stencil to trace a variety of areas on the scrapbook paper for your lemon tree and cut out.
HOW TO MAKE THE GRASS:
- measure your canvas between the yellow inside edges lengthwise
- using a pencil, mark your green paper using those measurements plus desired height
- on one edge, draw a wavy line
- cut the entire piece out
Draw a tree trunk shape on brown paper and cut out.
STEP 2 – PREPARE & PAINT THE CANVAS
Measure and lightly mark a square on your canvas leaving enough room for the yellow paint to be seen on the front side.
Use your sponge brush to paint yellow on the sides up to your marked off square on the canvas front, as indicated in the picture below.
Use a sponge brush to paint blue on the rest of the canvas. Start at the yellow edge and paint inward.
TIP – Use a Q-tip to clean up any paint mistakes.
STEP 3 – GLUE PAPER PIECES ONTO CANVAS
Use Mod Podge to glue the paper grass and tree trunk onto the canvas.
Play with the eclipse lemon paper pieces for the desirable placement of the tree shape.
Use the Mod Podge to glue the eclipse pieces onto the canvas.
TIP – I took a picture of the test placement so I could refer back as I was gluing the pieces on.
STEP 4 – ADD EMBELLISHMENTS
Use Mod Podge to glue all embellishments onto the canvas.
- yellow buttons ~ lemons
- green floss ~ grass
- blue seed beads ~ sky
- brown paint ~ tree trunk
- yellow paint ~ dots
SEED BEADS – Dip the end of the artist brush in the mod podge bottle and “draw” the glue where the beads will be placed. I dropped the beads in the areas with glue. Push the beads to the bare areas using the end of the artist brush.
GRASS – Snip some short pieces of floss, mix the colors, and glue the bottom ends on the canvas. Once glued, snip the top ends at varying lengths.
TRUNK AND LEMON DOTS – Use the end of the artist brush to make dots on the lemons. Use the end again to dot paint the trunk.
BUTTONS – Glue on with mod podge.
I hope you have lots of fun trying your hand at this lemon mixed media craft! Have you tried this type of artwork before?
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AllysonAllyson is the founder and content creator of Southern Sunflowers. She shares tutorials for DIY crafts and decor on a budget.
I wish watermelons grew on trees so that I could do a watermelon one too! ?
Yes! That’s thinking outside the box, for sure. FUN!
I love all the different elements you included on this! So creative!
It’s a good summer craft for kids to have fun creating. So happy you like it!
Lemons are such a fun theme! I love this!
Yay, glad you love my lemon craft! Thanks for dropping by! 🙂
This is absolutely darling! Thank you for sharing!
Glad you like my lemon craft ~ it was fun to make. Thanks for visiting!
I LOVE mixed media projects, especially with scrapbook paper is involved, and this one is so easy to follow! Pinned. Thank you for linking up at the Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make Link Party!
So glad you like my lemon mixed media! Thank you for the pin, too ~ I need all the pins I can get! 🙂
What a CUTE project! I bet this would be fun to try with my nieces. Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Thanks, Tai! I hope you and your nieces have fun making the lemon craft.
Love the buttons! Pinned, and thanks for joining us at Encouraging Hearts and Home Link -up!
Thank you for pinning my lemon craft, Melynda! I hope you are still enjoying your trip. 🙂
What a cute project! Love your lemon tree and the buttons and leaves give it such a nice texture.
Thank you, Judy! I’m glad you like my lemon craft. It’s a fun arts and crafts project for summer!
Such a pretty project – perfect for Summer!Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s.
Thanks, Ann! It’s always fun seeing what everyone shares at your party. 🙂
Such a stunning and creative card. I decorate my dining room in lemons every summer!
I love lemons for the summer so I just had to make something using my lemon paper. Thanks for visiting, Amy!
I love the lemon tree project! What a fun idea!
Glad you like my lemon craft ~ it was so fun to make! I’m going to hang it in my craft room. See ya’ soon!
So bright and cheery!! Love it!
Thank you, Pamela! So glad you like my lemon craft. Good to see you back at the parties! 🙂
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Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Please stay safe and healthy. Come party with us at Over The Moon! Catapult your content Over The Moon! @marilyn_lesniak @EclecticRedBarn
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Thanks for pinning! See you at the next party. 🙂
So so cute, love the buttons and the seed bead “clouds!”
Thank you, Jenna! The seed beads are my favorite embellishment. Thanks for visiting!
I love this crafty project! So cheerful! Thank you for sharing with Charming Homes and Gardens!
Thank you, Kim! Glad you like my lemon craft. I’m happy you and your blogging friends started the new link party!
This is a really fun idea! My oldest daughter has just become interested in mixed media so I’m excited to show this to her
I’m glad you like my lemon craft idea, Emily! I hope your daughter has lots of fun creating her own mixed media. Thanks for visiting!
That turned out so bright and cheerful. – Margy
Thanks for the compliment, Margy! I love bright colors for summer crafting. Thanks for visiting!
This is adorable, and perfect for summer! My daughter is obsessed with arts and crafts right now. She would LOVE to put something like this together, and I have all the supplies on hand! Going to show her this tomorrow. Thanks for sharing!
I hope your daughter has lots of fun making her mixed media craft! That’s wonderful she is so interested in creating arts and crafts. Thank you for dropping by!
This is so pretty!! I love the idea of doing mixed media art projects. It just looks so cool in the end.
Thanks for the compliment! I hope to work my way up to creating more elaborate mixed media crafts in the future. Thank you for visiting!
What a darling canvas!! I love the vibrant yellows! Sharing on FB -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Thank you, Marci, so glad you like my lemon canvas! It was fun summer crafting with you this month, and thanks so much for sharing my craft on Facebook!!
What a great idea and that’s very pretty paper. Mod Podge is the best for projects like this. The beads and the buttons are a great added touch for dimension.
Thanks, Jenny! I’ve had that scrapbook paper for years in my craft stash. I thought the lemons were fitting for our summer craft theme. Nice crafting with you!
I love love love this! I’ve been doing more and more mixed media and collage art and it just adds joy to my soul. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting Wonderful Wednesday last week hope you’ve gotten a chance to stop by again. 🙂
Cindy, I’m happy you like my easy mixed media! I hope to try more elaborate ones in the future. It’s always fun seeing what everyone shares at your blog party. Thanks for visiting!
A very pretty mixed media piece. I’m a lemonhead so I appreciate the lemon theme . Pinned to my mixed media board.
Thanks for the compliment, Michele! Lemons scream summer to me so I just had to make a lemon tree for our summer craft blog hop. YAY, I got a pin ~ thank you!
That turned out so cute and it is definitely nice and summery! Pinned.
Thanks, Joanne! I’m glad you like my summer lemon craft. Thank you for the pin ~ I need all I can get!
What a cute multi-dimensional work of art, Allyson! I love the lemon theme and use of beads and buttons! So creative and unique!
Thank you, Gail, I’m so glad you like my lemon craft! I like how it turned out and I’m going to hang it in my craft room.
What a fun project and love the lemon paper. I’m a huge fan of decor that can be left up for a whole season or longer. Wonderful crafting with you.
Thank you, Chas! I’ve had that lemon paper for years and just now finally using it. Fun crafting with you, also!
This is such a great craft, Allyson! I love all the bright and cheery colors you chose and how you gave it extra dimension too. My niece is coming to visit us soon and I can’t to try this with her – thanks for the fun idea! Hugs, CoCo
Thank you! So glad you want to make the lemon craft with your niece. Have fun!
I love the cheerful lemon decoration and you make it look so easy to make too.
Glad you like my lemon craft, Carol! Yes, it was easy peasy. 🙂
Such a fun & cheerful project!
Michelle
Glad you like my lemon craft! I plan to hang it in my craft room which is all bright colors. Thanks for visiting!