According to studies, Zentangle is one of the best ways to improve hand-eye coordination. Not only does it help you with your spatial awareness, but it also helps you with your problem-solving skills. If you’re looking for a fun and challenging activity that can also be used to improve your skills, making zentangle crafts is the perfect solution! In this article, we’ll show you how to make a zentangle craft stick puzzles that is perfect for improving your hand-eye coordination. Ready to get started? Let’s get creative!
My girls are crazy about Zentangle art and I’m quite fond of it as well. Doodling and coloring are both so relaxing. My Zentangle Craft Stick Puzzles allow kids to both create, color, and think. Depending on your kiddo’s age, you can start the drawing for them, or your kiddo can design the Zentangle from scratch. Here’s how to make them!
Zentangle Craft Stick Puzzles
Supplies
- Craft sticks
- Painter’s tape or washi tape
- Optional: Acrylic paint and paint brush
- Black marker
- Colored pencils
Directions
Line up 10 craft sticks and tape them together.
Turn over the taped craft sticks and paint with acrylic paint (or you can leave the wood bare). Use a light color (I used white). Allow to dry. Then, draw the outline of your design with pencil. Older kiddos can draw their own designs (they can practice on a separate sheet of paper first). For younger kids, you can draw it out first.
Trace over the pencil with a marker.
You can also start filling in some of the Zentangle doodles if you wish. For the heart, I drew a squiggly line across it. For the flower, I filled in a few petals. And for the cat and the letters, I filled in some of the letters. If your kiddo is on the littler side, you can fill in all of the doodles and just have him/her color.
I prepared my designs up to this point for my girls. They started filling in the designs with the marker (they can also use a pencil first).
Then, they started coloring.
When finished, peel off the tape and scramble the sticks.
And reassemble the puzzle! I tried it too, and it was actually more difficult than I thought it would be!
My girls were inspired to start their own Zentangle puzzles. So it’s a good idea to have some painted craft sticks handy.
Sophie created a dog with lettering, and Sarah created a sun. They wanted to do more but it was homework time. Boooooo! Don’t tell them I boo’d.
You can prepare the craft sticks with just the outline or part of the Zentangle and give them away as gifts (use washi tape to make it prettier). And this would make such a fun classroom art project or birthday party/playdate project that the kids can take home.
My project today is a part of one of my favorite blog hops, Craft Lightning. Our theme this time was Busy Activities for Kids. This project was a fun project for the girls, and for me as well! It took no time at all to prepare. Plus, they’ll have a puzzle to keep and play with again and again.
Thanks as always to Country Chic Crafts, 30 Minute Crafts, and guest host Glued To My Crafts for hosting Craft Lightning this month! Click the button below to see more Busy Activity Crafts throughout this week by your favorite creative bloggers!
Now that you know how to make zentangle craft sticks puzzles, it’s time to be creative and enjoy these fun puzzles. You can even make a few designs of your own!
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