Cherry Blossom Art from a Recycled Soda Bottle
Pink blossoms will soon appear on trees, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival starts on March 20. In 1912 the city of Tokyo, Japan, gave Washington, D.C., a beautiful gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees. This year celebrates the 100th anniversary of that gift.
Make cherry blossom artwork with a recycled 2-liter soda bottle as a stamp! Here are the detailed instructions.
Start by using dark paint to paint a branch on poster board. Branches are easy to paint. If you can’t paint in a straight line, it looks even better.
I cut this piece of poster board in half lengthwise because I want it to look more like an art panel than a poster.
Once the branch is painted, let it dry before continuing with the stamping.
Now let’s do the stamping. Pour some paint on a paper plate and dip the plastic bottle.
The bottom of 2-liter soda bottle has five points like the five petals of a cherry blossom.
Press the plastic bottle on the poster board, then lift up. Dip the bottle in more paint each time you repeat the stamp. This is really fun, add as many blossoms as you want.
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That’s really cool!
Love, love, love this!
Ooh very pretty! I’ll have to do this with the kids!
A must try with the grandkids, would make a great Mother’s Day gift from them.
This is such a great idea! Im doing this for my baby girls nursery but using canvass instead. Thanks for the idea!
Super clever idea! Always looking for party backdrop ideas to share with my readers!
http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/cherry-blossom-art-from-a-recycled-soda-bottle/
Really creative and cute.
Do you think this would work on a stretched canvas because the pressure you have to put on the bottle to make the flowers?
I think it would definitely work on canvas if you use enough paint because you don’t have to apply pressure at all.
Thank you!
I tried this on a piece of stretched framed canvas and it didn’t work at all. Too much give and all five points didn’t come ot right and the paint smeared no matter how much or little paint I had on the bottle. Definitely need to be on poster board on a solid surface.
Same happened to me. Didn’t work on a canvas. I’ll have to try again on a more solid surface.
This is so pretty! I want to paint my nails that color. Clearly, IT IS TIME FOR SPRING.
That is super cool!
Lovely – we’ve been looking for ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary.
So pretty! Can’t wait to try this!! Thank you.
What a wonderful idea! I love it! I am going to try this on a canvas and then want to hang it in my bedroom….Thanks for sharing!
Very Cool!! May I pin this??
sure, Marci. Would love for you to pin. Would prefer that you pin the first or second picture that includes a watermark (for copyright protection). Thanks!
This is really cool! I could see this being something fun for my girls to do!
What a creative idea. Love it
i can’t believe a soda bottle could create such a lovely canvas! I’ve linked to you here: http://dollarstoremom.com/2012/03/pinterest-picks-29/
Thanks Breanna!
this would be cute against a blue background and some clouds too
Great idea!! Can way to do it with the kids
This is such a great idea!! I am definetly doing this this weekend!!
Saw this on Pinterest and had to check out the “how to”. Great idea! Suggestions on the best kind of paint to use?
Thanks!
I think you could use any kind of paint. Craft paint works great on posters. I used some leftover wall paint from when we painted my daughter’s bedroom which made it nice and thick.
OOhhh i am going to make this myself. This is a brilliant idea!
Love this idea – found it on Pinterest. Hope you don’t mind, but I posted about it on my “Friday Favorites”.
I LOVE this! What an awesome idea!
cant wait to make this and put it on the wall
Fantastic idea! We’re definitely doing this!
I’ve been considering painting a “Family Tree” on a wall with pictures of immediate family members, and eventually grandkids. I would love to do something with the flowers around it. Would it work on a wall and would you suggest wall paint or craft paint if done this way?
My concern about painting it directly on a wall is that it can drip, and later if you decide to paint over it you might still see the raised pattern from the flowers.
This is so pretty! My daughter would love to try this!
This report has become the center of attention even in Japan.
It is a lovely Cherry Blossom.
Thank you.
This idea is so cooooooool…….i was thinking for an idea to make a birthday card for my friend and i got to know about this….she really loved the ard an d thanks to this website…..!!!
Really adorable! Thanks for sharing
Oh my… You are pure genius!!! This is so amazing work…
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
I’m doing this with my high school students for the 7 highly effective habits of successful people. But I’ve changed the cheery blossom trees to oak trees.
Hi! Do you think this will work on a wall or do you think the paint will drip down? My husband and I painted a cherry blossom tree (pretty large) on one of our living room walls and we have been contemplating ways to paint the actual cherry blossoms on it.
Rachel (the author) answered this same question above already. please read above for her answer. thanks.
Great Great GREAT IDEA!!!…
Awesome Idea..
I saw this on Pinterest and repinned it..Love it ..
Thanks so much!
This is wonderful, easy to make and frame.
I love this idea – so much in fact, that I am basing my daughter’s room around it.
Today I bought canvas (11.99 @ hobby lobby) and some acrylic paint (I should’ve went with the cheaper stuff, the choices by the actual canvas turns out pretty thick – nice for the tree, not so nice for the flowers..)
Which leads me to my point – what …type of 2-liter bottle was used?
I figured this would be the easy part, but my petals are way too far apart…I spent some time looking at the bottom of the bottles (much to the confusion of other shoppers) but obviously my efforts were wasted……help a crafter out?
~ Dena
I used a Dr. Pepper bottle. If you look at mine, I think the petals are far apart on mine too.
Thank you so much for your response! I did as you suggested and had a closer look at your pictures – while I can see what you mean, they are not super close together – using a Pepsi Max bottle was even further…
Time to try the Dr.Pepper and some thinner, darker pink.
Thanks again!!
~ Dena
I want to write in Inkstick(sumi) the branches.
My 5 yr old daughter C2 saw this and loved it instantly! She even came up with her own version and wanted me to share it with you. First, we are to take and print head shots of each of our 4 human family as well as our 3 furry family. Then we are to cut out on poster board in round circles different sizes for each age of the person (or their ranking for the pets) and then paint the background a solid color. So Dad would be the largest, mommy slightly smaller, C1 Smaller still and C2 the smallest. Then our 3 pets would all be 3 different sizes with the background reflecting their paw prints. After that is dry, we will choose a co-ordinating color and use your cherry blossom technique to use as the border around the inside edge of each circle. Once that is all dry, cut out each picture in a circle and glue or double tape stick each picture onto a canvas that you either use watered down paint or paint and distress with sand paper. Then Hang. We might actually try this today if we keep some friends while their parents paint their own house in anticipation for their adopted brother or sister and just leave that one blank for the time being. Great little minds!! We should probably heed what they have to say to us much more often
Parabéns é lindo de mais adorei, sou louca por flores e essas de cerejeiras estão maravilhosas e facil de fazer, trabalho com crianças e sempre busco novidades para elas.
Obrigado.
What a beautiful project! My inner 4th grade teacher is coming out. Here is a link to some picture books about cherry blossoms… http://goodbooksforkids-lists.blogspot.com/2011/04/cherry-blossoms-popular-books-for-kids.html
I’m going to do both with my kids this weekend!
I am going to try this for my bedroom using various size bottles: 2 liter, 20 oz., and 16 oz.! Hope it turns out as cute as I think!
I used your cherry blossom art project today with my seniors with dementia. They loved it! I wrote about it in my blog.
I’m also considering doing this directly on a wall. Anyone try it yet? Does it drip?? Maybe I’ll try it on a tiny area in the garage first before taking inside!
read the comments above for your answer.
I absolutly love this
I love this idea and made one though I used a bottle that did not have the 5th point in the middle I also think I should have used puffy paint instead of acrylic paint to give it depth but you can see it posted on my facebook page. Thank you for the idea! It was a lot of fun!! Or how can I upload my picture of it for you to critique ?
Wow, this is lovely! I’ve been looking for an art project to do with kids in a couple weeks and I’m feeling like I hit the jackpot coming here.
One question — what type of paint did you use? I love the raised texture of your blossoms. I’m thinking tempura paint (my normal go-to kid paint and what’s already available) might be too thin to create the same sort of texture…
I made these with my Pre-K class today. They turned out beautifully! Thanks for the idea!
That is really pretty!! Did you use regular craft paint?
I didn’t see the other responses before I posted my comment. I’ve since read through the posts. No need to answer my question. Thanks!
I just did this today and it came out great! I used red instead of pink because I’m giving it as a gift and I think it will go with my friend’s decor better. I had a question though: how did you hang this? Because it’s poster board and not stretched canvas I couldn’t think of a way to hang it unless I framed it. I was just wondering what you did.
I used your idea and made a very similar painting. Here’s my post about it: http://kimmydavis.blogspot.com/2012/03/cherry-blossom-pinterest-success-story.html
Thank you so much for the idea–cherry blossoms are special to me.
Lovely simple idea that even my 3 yr olds can do if I do the branch . Cant wait to try it.
wow………..its seems so beautiful……and easy 2………..
Nagyon jók!!!:)
This is a great rainy day idea or a mother’s day wall canvas. i love it!!!!!
Any fun ideas about how to frame these if we wanted to make 10 as a birthday party craft?
Dose any body know any other crafts that are easy
This is extra fun and easy to create, really enjoyed the creative idea!
Oh my gosh! I never thought of that idea! nice! looks really pretty!