Opt: An Illusionary Tale is a wonderful book that takes place during a castle celebration. It is filled with optical illusions and visual tricks. It is a wonderful book for children of all ages.After getting this book from the library I searched for our own opt art to do with the kids. This is what I found.
These were so easy to make, we were very surprised with our wonderful results.
First put a dot at the center of your paper. Make 8 triangular shapes with wavy lines, beginning in the center and going outward to the edges of the paper. In every other triangular shape, draw wavy lines.
Next, connect the wavy lines with straight lines.
This is an example of all the lines drawn. I used two warm colors to color in the wavy lines and cool colors for the straight lines.
You can see the progression in these pictures.
All done----We just love the look of these "op art swirls"
Grace busily working
This was a fun project for our little children to work on.
From left to right: Mark's art, Amy's art and Gracie's art.
We taped these together carefully to use as wrapping paper.
It looked wonderful.
And as it happened to be Grandpa's birthday, he received our "art" wrapped gift. We had him unwrap very carefully so he could save the pictures, which are now hanging proudly on his fridge.
These were so easy to make, we were very surprised with our wonderful results.
First put a dot at the center of your paper. Make 8 triangular shapes with wavy lines, beginning in the center and going outward to the edges of the paper. In every other triangular shape, draw wavy lines.
Next, connect the wavy lines with straight lines.
This is an example of all the lines drawn. I used two warm colors to color in the wavy lines and cool colors for the straight lines.
You can see the progression in these pictures. 
All done----We just love the look of these "op art swirls"
Grace busily working
This was a fun project for our little children to work on.
From left to right: Mark's art, Amy's art and Gracie's art.We taped these together carefully to use as wrapping paper.
It looked wonderful. 
And as it happened to be Grandpa's birthday, he received our "art" wrapped gift. We had him unwrap very carefully so he could save the pictures, which are now hanging proudly on his fridge.
These are FANTASTIC!!! The tips on how to make them Make My Monday! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for playing along, Joann!
What a fantastic project! LOVE that you used it as wrapping paper too. Very clever :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to use the art as wrapping paper! I just love homemade things like that!
ReplyDeleteJoann, this are SO cool! We'll be trying some of these for sure!
ReplyDeleteThose are great!! We love using art for wrapping paper too :0)
ReplyDeleteThese came out so cool looking!
ReplyDeleteAmazing, I love to see someone work tirelessly and create something so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBlessings and magic.
Amazing, I love to see someone work tirelessly and create something so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBlessings and magic.
I remember doing this when I was younger. Now, I see my son doing the same thing!
ReplyDeleteI love using kids art as wrapping paper. Everyone wins, the kids get to see their art be used somehow, you cut down on trash, and the recipient loves the original wrapping.
ReplyDeletethose look great! Love the guft wrap idea too!
ReplyDeleteThese are very nice I am looking forward to trying it with my son.
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