Saturday, 11 May 2013

How to Make a Picture Using Post It Notes - The Post-it Colour Challenge

A couple of weeks ago we received an email from the lovely people over at 3M Post-it. They explained that they had just launched Post-it Notes Colour Cubes - packs of Post-it Notes in a range of vibrant hues.



To celebrate the launch we were asked to take part in the Post-it Colour Challenge. We had to choose between two challenges - either create a piece of Post-it artwork on a canvas using our favourite coloured Post-it Notes or a decorate a plain piñata also using coloured Post-it Notes.

We chose the canvas challenge and last week a box full of goodies arrived so that we could begin...


We talked about what picture we should create first - Mister A wanted a beach with a palm tree and Little E wanted a flamingo (she loves them because she has a new T-Shirt with one on!)

In a bid to keep everyone happy we set about building our image. We started by placing blue Post-it's along the top for the sky and green at the bottom for the land.


We started to cut shapes out of the Post-It notes too- triangles and leaf shapes for the palm tree and a cloud shapes for the sky. Gradually a picture started to appear...



We made the grass area by cutting in to the green Post-it's to add texture....


and used the yellow to make the Sun and sun rays...


Finally we used the pink heart shaped Post-it pad and cut out the flamingo's body...



Just adding the final touches with a black marker pen...




And here it is - the finished artwork...



Why don't you have a try at making your own Post-it pic and upload it to the Post-it Facebook Page.


Disclosure: We received payment and a product pack from 3M to take part in this challenge.

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