Learn How Anyone Can Craft a Beautiful Peace Dove!

Create This Colorful Peace Dove Picture 

All you need is a canvas and a few arts and crafts supplies to create this simple yet colorful picture. These also make wonderful holiday gifts for family and friends, and your child will be proud to share their creativity with loved ones.

A Family Fun Activity: Create This Colorful Peace Dove Picture 

One of the best gifts you can give others is something you make yourself. This Peace Dove craft project is fun and easy, letting your child create beautiful works of art for your home and to give to others.

All you need is a canvas, a roll of blue painter’s tape, some colorful construction paper, a glue stick, a bottle of Mod Podge, a paintbrush, cardstock for the dove cutout, and a black marker or sharpie to write the word “peace.”

Step 1:

Your child can (or with your help) tear long strips of construction paper. You want them torn, not cut with scissors, to get that jagged edge effect that you see in the picture.

Step 2:

Once the strips are ready, use the blue painter’s tape to block off the bottom of the canvas, as shown. This is to keep it clean for the wording later.

Step 3:

Have your child (with your help, if needed) use the glue stick to attach the strips of construction paper to the canvas, letting long ones wrap around the back as shown. 

Step 4: Print the dove template on cardstock and cut it out.

Step 5: Your child can then glue the dove to the middle of the construction paper, as shown in the photo. 

Step 6: Use the paintbrush to cover them with a thin layer of Mod Podge. 

Step 7: Remove the blue tape while letting the Mod Podge dry for about 15 minutes. 

Step 8: Your child can then write “PEACE” on the bottom white section. You can help them with this if needed. 

Your child now has a beautiful canvas to display or share with others. 

Supplies

Canvas

Blue painters tape

Construction paper

Glue stick

Card stock (dove)

Mod Podge

Paintbrush

Black Sharpie or Markers (PEACE)

Dove template printout on cardstock (click to download)

Notes: Place blue tape across the bottom to keep it clean for “Peace” wording.

Extend torn construction paper to the back of the canvas and glue it into place.

Thank you to The Rich Center for Autism for helping us demonstrate this “Peace Dove” project.

ABOUT THE RICH CENTER FOR AUTISM

The Rich Center for Autism’s mission is to improve the lives of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families through the creation, use, and enhancement of innovative and educational programs specifically designed to assure the attainment of a life of dignity and to enhance the individuals’ opportunity to achieve his or her full potential. The Rich Center services students 2.5-21 years old from across the Northeast Ohio/Northwest Pennsylvania region. The Rich Center for Autism focuses on academics, Speech, Occupational, and ABA therapies. The student’s education, therapy, and support is provided at no cost to their families thanks to state funding, grants, individual and corporate donors, and fundraising events.

The Rich Center for Autism, a component of the Beeghly College of Education, has set a mission to prepare educators, medical specialists, and other professionals in best practices for teaching and caring for these special people; to increase the knowledge base through the promotion of scholarly research in a living laboratory; and to provide public service and advocacy on behalf of those affected by autism.

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This post originally appeared on our November/December 2024 Magazine