Christmas Bean Art
These Christmas bean art pieces are SO EASY and really fun to make! It’s a super kid-friendly craft, and perfect if you’re looking for something simple and festive for the whole family to do together this holiday season!
Christmas bean mosaics look great on the mantle, as gift basket fillers, or as a festive fridge magnet!
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How to Make Christmas Bean Art
Materials:
- Free Printable Christmas Tree Template(find more templates below the tutorial!)
- Thin cardboard
- Acrylic paint(match the bean colour)
- White glue
- Dried beans(various colours and types)
Equipment:
Check Out The Video Tutorial:
Instructions:
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Cut and paint your base
- Cut thin cardboard into a Christmas shape.You can trace one of our Christmas tree templates, or find more template links below the tutorial.
- Paint the cardboard tree green and allow to dry.
Step 3: Add the beans
- Apply a generous amount of white glue to the top third of the tree.
- Begin adding beans or lentils that match your paint colour into the glue.
- Place different colours of beans in randomly to be the tree’s ornaments.
- Fill in the entire glued area with beans, and then add more glue to the center of the tree.
- Repeat, adding more beans to the middle section. Remember to add in the “ornaments” here and there.Then continue, adding glue and beans until the whole tree is full.
- Allow the glue to dry.
- Your Christmas bean art is complete!
Helpful Tips:
- Turn your Christmas bean art into an ornament! Make a hole with a one hole punch before adding the beans and then tie on a piece of twine or ribbon, creating an ornament hanger.
- Instead of painting the cardboard, you can glue construction paper on in a colour that matches your beans! Then you can save drying time by gluing the beans on while the glue under the construction paper is still wet.
Where can I find templates to make Christmas bean art?
We used one of our Christmas tree templates in the tutorial above, and we also used shapes from our star template and snowflake template posts.
You can also use a gingerbread man template or some of the patterns from our felt ornaments to make your Christmas bean art. Or draw your own Christmas shapes, like we did for the poinsettia and holly!
Can I make Christmas mosaics with something other than beans?
Yes! Dry pasta, buttons, seeds, and torn pieces of paper all work really well for mosaic art. Look around your house and see what other kinds of household objects you can find to make art with!
How can I make my Christmas bean mosaic more colourful?
Fortunately, dried beans and lentils come in a variety of colours. But if you’re looking to make your mosaic brighter and even more colourful, you can dye pumpkin seeds using liquid watercolour paint and use them to make your Christmas mosaic art!
You can also paint the beans after they’re added to the cardboard, like we did for our Valentine’s Day bean art.
What’s the best backing for my Christmas bean art?
Thin cardboard you can easily cut through, like a cereal box, works best to make Christmas bean art. You can also use a thicker corrugated cardboard, but adults will need to cut it with sharp scissors or a craft knife.
You can also glue the beans on thin cork or craft foam sheets.
These Christmas bean mosaics are SO CUTE and super simple to make. Christmas bean mosaics are a great Christmas craft for kids and adults to do together to get in the holiday spirit!
Try using them as ornaments, turning them into Christmas cards, or placing them on shelves for a fun seasonal touch. Yule agree it’s bean a blast making this Christmas bean art!
Here’s even more bean art ideas:
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
