Happy New Year from Snoopy and Me

Happy New Year from Snoopy and me! 

 

I had a lot of fun creating this craft because I love Peanuts and I love coloring. I started by downloading one of the free coloring pages on the Schulz Museum website, reduced the size to 30%, and printed it on Neenah Bristol Vellum (affiliate links here and throughout the post). I colored the image with Prismacolor colored pencils, then cut it out with microtip scissors. That let me get rid of the HONK HONK HONK text that I didn't want.

Next, I used Groundnut font to print Happy New Year! on a separate piece of paper.

I cut the paper to size, then I used green and blue Prismacolor art markers to color the background. 

I used a 0.8 micron pen to draw the line between the grass and the sky, then I glued the cut-out piece into place. I added lines and blades of grass at the bottom of the doghouse. 

Not only are there downloadable coloring pages on the Schulz Museum website, but there are a bunch of different ones at Peanuts.com, including the one I colored for Halloween. 

Happy New Year to you all! 

Snoopy on Ice Picture Frame

Back when I was planning Trevor's Peanuts-themed birthday party at the skate rink, I laminated and fussy-cut some of the Peanuts gang, not sure how I'd use them. I still didn't have a plan when the party rolled around, so I just taped them to the wall as decorations. I didn't throw them out, though. When I came across them this week, I decided to add them to a picture frame. It's really easy to make your own - affiliate links below. 

Snoopy on Ice Picture Frame

Materials:

• Square unfinished wood frame
• Folk Art Paint - Blue Lullaby and Wicker White
• laminated and fussy-cut Peanuts characters (stickers or window clings would work, too!)
• adhesive
• Enamel Accents

Steps:

Paint the bottom portion of the frame white. Without cleaning the brush, mix some blue paint with a small amount of white on a palette, but do not blend them completely. Use horizontal strokes to create a cloudy (yet predominantly blue) sky. 

When the paint is dry, adhere your characters to the frame.

Add dots of white Enamel Accents to the sky. Let it dry completely.