Brush head

Turn an old paintbrush into a funky puppet toy with a little bit of help from Resene.

Brush head - instruction sheet

Resene kids art with Mark Rayner - Project 103

Difficulty level: Easy

You will need: Artists’ brushes, Clean cloth, Old paintbrush Resene Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer, Resene testpots of Resene Alabaster, Resene All Black, Resene Guardsman Red and Resene Wild Thing, Sandpaper

Top tip: If you want your brush head to have a particular coloured hair just dip the bristles into a testpot and allow to dry.

Here's another idea: This brush head was painted with Resene Alabaster, Resene Get Reddy, Resene Nero and Resene Sorbus.

Brush head

Another idea: Another colour choices

Step one
Lightly sand the paintbrush handle, as shown. Wipe off any sanding dust with a clean cloth.

Step two
Apply one coat of Resene Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer to the paintbrush handle and allow two hours to dry.

Step three
Paint the paintbrush handle with two coats of Resene Wild Thing, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.

Step four
Paint eyes and mouth with Resene Alabaster, Resene All Black and Resene Guardsman Red, and allow to dry. How cool!

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