The Language of Kindness Canvas

Step  1.

Gather your materials & plan out your color scheme!

• TIP: Keep paper towels & a cup of water nearby to wash off your brushes as you paint!

Step  2.

Pick a light-colored base coat for your canvas & paint it!

Step  3.

Once the base coat dries, use a pencil to roughly sketch the word “kindness” in every language you know on the canvas!

Step  4.

Paint over your sketches! To make your colors extra vibrant, add a second layer of paint once the first coat dries — don’t forget to wash off your paintbrush before changing colors!

• TIP: If you’d like to refine your paint strokes, use markers to outline them!

Step  5.

Once your paints dry, add embellishments, like glitter foam heart stickers!

Step  6.

Give your canvas that warm & fuzzy feeling! Bend & twist any color fuzzy stick to create soft, dimensional accents for your words — glue them anywhere on your canvas and let them dry completely.

Step  7.

Embroider it! Use a large embroidery needle to pre-poke holes wherever you’d like to add thread to your canvas. Then, thread the needle with any color friendship thread & tie a double knot at the end. From behind the canvas, press the needle & thread through the hole and gently pull until you reach the knotted end. When you’re finished, tie a knot at the end of the thread!

• TIP: Try not to pull your threads too hard while you embroider, so you don’t tear the canvas!

Step  8.

Display your canvas to bring a little kindness to any space!