Children decorating leather?
Looking for a simple craft for my church’s Bible School, which has a western theme. Came across some leather sheriff’s badges that I would like the kids to make into keychains. I don’t want to get into stamping the leather – we won’t have enough time for that. Will Sharpies decorate the leather OK or should we use some kind of paint? (If paint, what kind?)
I don’t want it to be too messy – we’re talking 6-12 year olds doing this – but I would like it to last OK. Maybe there’s a fixative of some kind we could spray them with after they are colored or painted?
Thanks for the help!!
I watched them make a leather journal on DIY. You won’t want the kids to use a woodburner, but you could use acrylic paints as they did. They used clear show polish as their “sealer”.
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_painting/article/0,1789,HGTV_3282_4463531,00.html
Beginning a plastic lace keychain
