Girls’ Camp Activity – Minerva Teichert Paint by Number Pointillism
When I saw this Girls’ Camp Activity, I immediately asked if I could share it. It is such an incredible object lesson. The young women had no idea what they were creating. Each girl was asked to complete a small paint by number on a piece of paper. Each paper looked like nothing but colored dots. But when it was all put together, the picture became clear. It was a gorgeous pointillism portrait of the Savior.
Allen Berg created the pattern and tiles, and then Miko Baca was nice enough to give further instructions on how she put it all together. Some other stakes have done this same activity as well. If you have done this project before, I would love to include any other tips or advice.
Girls’ Camp Activity Minerva Teichert Paint by Number Tutorial
Materials:
- Color copy of the template on card stock paper
- 3 bottles of acrylic paint per color
- Q-tips or small brushes for each girl
- Mini sauce cups with lids
- 6×4 foot plywood, foam board, corrugated plastic, or cardboard for the base
- Spray adhesive
Instructions:
1. Allen Berg created two templates. One for “Christ in a Red Robe” and one for “Rescue of the Lost Lambs.” I have heard that people are having trouble getting the files from his site. If you are unable to get the files, please contact me via this contact form and I can help get you a copy.
You can see the “Christ in a Red Robe” one above and the “Rescue of the Lost Lambs” should look something like this.
2. Print the PDF in color on regular card stock. The youth will need the color key on the side to know which colors to use. For this activity, Miko had them printed at Office Max to keep the colors consistent instead of using her home printer. There are 108 tiles (squares). PRO TIP: When printing on cardstock at a copy center, you can save a ton of money by bringing your own cardstock for them to print on instead of paying their cardstock rate.
3. After they are painted, each tile will be cut out and you will lose the labeling on the front. So make sure to label the grid letter and number on the back of each one.
4. Buy acrylic paints at your local craft store. They used the following colors, but you may need to substitute depending on what is available. The first page of the PDF includes swatches of all the colors that you can use to find alternative colors if needed.
A – espresso bean/burnt umber
B – charcoal/grey storm/pewter grey
C – burgundy
D – black
E – latte
F – rainy day grey
G – dark red
H – coffee
I – vivid pink
J – burlap
K – toile
L – pale grey
M – earth brown
N – taffeta pink
O – Christmas red
P – royal fuschia
Miko said she bought 4 bottles of paint per color and it was way more than they needed. She would recommend only buying three bottles per color. She ended up spending about $48 on paint.
5. Label each bottle of paint with the paint letter from the color key.
6. Get Q-tips for painting or small brushes. Miko bought two packs of Q-tips and then stuck them in plastic cups at the paint station.
7. Buy mini sauce cups with lids (Target, Amazon) to divide paints up for paint stations.
8. Label each mini sauce cup with the paint number. This worked out great because they had a big group and about 30 leftover tiles to finish. This allowed them to hand out the right paint color to each individual.
9. Have each girl paint the tile by dipping the Q-tip in the paint and making a dot on the corresponding paint letter. They had over 120 girls at Girl’s Camp for the 108 tiles. They set up 3 paint stations with the mini sauce cups, Q-tips, and tiles. It takes about 45 minutes to finish a tile. Not all the girls wanted to do one and some didn’t finish.
They broke the project up to give them time in between to finish the tiles and glue everything on. However, other Young Women groups who have done this and had each girl come up one by one to add their tiles to the plywood.
10. Once the tiles have dried, cut out each tile. Since the edges are jagged, this takes forever. It will be easier if you have each girl cut out their own tile.
11. Buy a piece of 6×4 foot plywood, foam board, corrugated plastic, or cardboard to use as the base. Miko used plywood and spray painted around the edges first to give it a frame.
12. Assemble the tiles in the right order using the key. Use a can of spray adhesive to glue the tiles to the board. As you glue and place tiles together, fill in any bare spaces with paint.
The Big Reveal
They didn’t tell the girls what they were painting, which made for a fun reveal later on. However, some girls threw their tiles away in the trash because they didn’t like how they turned out and didn’t know each tile would be needed. They had to count them all after they collected them and reprint the ones that were thrown away, about 7 or 8.
But they used the missing tiles as part of the object lesson at the reveal. They revealed the painting at the Girls’ Camp evening program with 4 empty tiles and then added the missing tiles as they spoke about how sometimes we feel like what we contribute doesn’t matter, won’t make a difference, we don’t show up or we get frustrated when we can’t see the bigger picture/plan of what God is doing in our life.
Miko said it was a TON of work, but definitely worth it. There were so many powerful lessons they were able to teach from it.
Rescue of the Lost Lambs
Natalie Jacobson did the “Rescue of the Lost Lambs” painting for her girls camp and it came out great!
Natalie said, “It was an incredible experience for the girls to paint and assemble. And then we literally had the Savior with us for the remaining days at camp, it was awesome! It added so much to our camp experience!… We displayed the picture in the church foyer a couple Sundays ago when I spoke in Sacrament Meeting, along with a few of the young women and another leader. It was awesome to have it there and for members of the ward to see something that we had worked so hard on!”
Thank you so much for sharing with us Natalie!
Hi! I am interest in doing the Minerva Teichert painting activity. I am having trouble with the links to the projects. Can you please send me the pdf information for Christ in a Red Robe PDF?
Thank you
I just sent you an email with a link that might work better.
Hi Angie,
I am also having trouble downloading the file. COuld you also share it with me?
I just emailed it to you. Thanks!
Can you please email me the templates as well? Thanks!
I can’t get the downloads. Any chance you can send them my way?
No problem, I just sent them. Thanks!
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Hi! I’m interested in this project for a youth activity. Could you please send me the pdfs for these paintings? Thank you so much!
My name is Judy Wright. I cannot connect to Allen Berg’s website. Would you please send me the pdf information for Christ in the Red Robe. I am looking forward to using it for a Relief Society Project.
Thank You
I tried to send an email with the links, but the email you provided returned an error.
Please send to the attached address
I would love the Lost Lamb link if you don’t mind passing it along.
Could you email me a link for Christ in the Red Robe? This is an amazing activity
I just emailed it to you. Thanks!
This is such a beautiful and powerful activity!!! I know you have already been asked a million times already, but would you be willing to send me the pattern to both of these painting projects too? Me son is currently serving as a missionary in South Korea and his ward is really struggling to be united with each-other! I want to send him this project with the paint required so that he can do this activity with them! Thank you SO MUCH in advance!!!
Hello! Would you please send me a link to the red robe template also? Thank you.
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Get the link for the lost sheep one? Could you email it to me please?
Yes, I just sent it. Thanks!
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I just emailed them. I would love to see a photo if you do the Lost Lamb one. Thanks!
Hi, I can’t get the downloads. Can you please email the link? Thank you so much. I live this activity
Hi. I would love to love to get more info on this project. We would love to do it at our camp in July. Do you mind emailing the PDF and letting me know where I Could get more info for everything. Thanks so much!
The instructions are in the blog post, but I will send you the pdfs of the two designs. Thanks!
Hello! I would also love an email with the pdf’s if you’re still willing to share! Would love to do this at a family reunion next month. This is amazing!
What an amazing idea for a family reunion! I just sent the links. Thanks!
Love this! Could you please email me both pdf’s?
Thank you!!
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You bet, I just sent them out. Thanks!
Hi! I would love to do this at our upcoming girls camp!! Neither link is working for me. Would you mind emailing me the one for Rescue of the Lost Lamb? Thanks in advance!
Hi Angie,
Will you please email me both pdfs as well? Thank you so much!
Hi, can I get the PDF of the lost lamb? We want to do this for our YW camp this month.
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I would love a copy of the Christ and the lamb project for YW Camp, but the links are not working for me. Can I get a copy of the file?
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I would love a copy of the Christ and the lamb project for YW Camp, but the links are not working for me. Can you please send me a copy of the file?
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I’m having issues with the links not working, and I would love the links to both of these pointillism paint by number pieces. Please and thank you!!
I would love to have both file links. When I click on the current link above, it isn’t working, could you please send me an email with working links to access both of these pointillism paint by number activities.
I can’t make the downloads work either. Would you be able to send them to me?
Please can you send me the links for the Minerva Tiechert paint by numbers? I saw the Lost Lamb one at Camp Alpine (Oregon) and thought it was super cool. There was so much awesome texture in the final result because everyone approached the painting differently. I wish I had taken a picture to share!
I just sent them in an email. I wish you had gotten a photo too! I have been wanting to see the end result of the Lost Lamb. Thanks!
Hi, same here! The links aren’t working. Can you please email them to me?
Can I please get a copy of the templates? What a powerful idea. Thank you!!
Would love to get the info to the website for both paintings if you don’t mind. Thank you
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Would you mind sending me both links to the paint by number mosaics of Christ? (Christ in a red robe and rescue if a lost lamb). I saw a finished one today and I can’t get it out of my mind! Thank you!
Thank you very much for sharing however the 2 links are timing out for me every time I try. If you could also send me a pdf or a link to both pictures to try that would be awesome. I am in Australia and see this as being a wonderful group activity in my ward. Thank you in advance, Sue Jensen
This is a beautiful project!
Could you possibly email me the info for both pictures?
Thank you so much!
I would like the links, please.
Please can you send me the links for the Minerva Tiechert paint by numbers? This looks like an amazing activity. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
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Hello! I just want to be on your email list for this project!
Can you send me the files, please? I can’t get the links to open. Thank You!
This is so amazing. Could you please send me the files for the Christ in a red rob?
Thank you so much!
I would really appreciate these files also. What a great project!
I love this! I am sharing to my extraordinary ministering Sisters Facebook Group, but can’t find access to the PDF. Would you please email me the ODF if this Minerva Teikert painting by number?
I have sent you the links via email. However, when sharing via social media I ask that you share the link to the blog post and not to the individual PDFs. I did not create the pattern and tiles. So I want to respect the ownership of the files by not sharing them publicly. However, I will share them privately for personal use. Thanks!
Hi Angie,
May I please be sent this file please?
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Can I get the files also? Thank you!!
I also could not download. Please send links for both pictures. This is an awesome activity.
I can’t seem to download it either. Please send files.
Thanks so much!
I have been unable to download a copy of Christ in a Red Robe. Is it possible to get the proper link to that download? Thank you so much!
Can I get the file for Rescue of a Lost Lamb?
It looks like sharing this is becoming quite a job for you! I would love to ask for links to both of the pictures if possible. Thank you so much, you are doing all of us such a service!!
It is no problem at all 🙂 I just sent you an email. I did not create the pattern and tiles. So I want to respect the ownership of the files by not sharing them publicly. However, I know that lots of people want them, so I will share them privately for personal use. If you share with others or on social media I ask that you share the link to the blog post and not to the individual PDFs. Thanks!
Hello! I am also not able to download the links for these projects. Could I possibly get the files? You are so kind to help everyone, this is a beautiful project!
Please send me the links as well. This looks like a lot of fun!
I am also having trouble with the links. Could you send the instructions to me via email.
This looks amazing!!
I would love to do this with our BYU student ward! So many great lessons, analogies, and metaphors. Will you please send me the templates?
Thank you for sharing! Would you mind sending me the links to both paintings? I would love to do this for girls camp.
Hello! Would love to do this project with our stake youth!
Any way you can send me the pdfs?
Thank you so much for making it possible to still do this!
Can you please send me the links??
Would love the PDF too ! Thanks
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Hi I am also having trouble with the links would love if you could send me email links as well thank you!!
is it possible to get the links I would love to do this at our christmas party next week.
Can you send me the red template pdf?
Thanks!
We have one of these painting in our Stake center. It took me many weeks and looking very close to realize it was paint by number. It is absolutely beautiful. What a wonderful project.
Hi Angie! What an awesome activity! I just saw this same thing done in my stake here in Moscow, ID. I would LOVE to do this for our family reunion and make the Christ in a Red Robe painting for my parents. I have looked all over the place for the original creators website, but have not been able to figure it out. Is there any way I can get a copy of the PDF’s from you? I appreciate the help and loved looking through your blog!
Beautiful! May I have both PDF files sent to me?
We just did this as a ward at our Christmas party and presented the finished picture of Lost Lamb to our bishop. It turned out great!
Do you have the pattern for Red robe? I’d live that too!
Will you please send me the templates for both paintings? Thank you! We’re very excited to do this for our upcoming YW Camp.
We want to do this activity for our Stake Trek in June — please send me the templates for both paintings. They are AWESOME!!
Can I get templates for both pictures?
Hi, could I please have the files for both paintings? Can’t wait to do this for an RS activity!
Hi Angie. What a beautiful project. Thank you for sharing. I am having trouble with the links to the projects. Can you please send me the pdf information for Christ in a Red Robe PDF?
Jane
I’m here to ask what everyone else is asking for 😉 could I get access to those files as well! TJ’s k you!!
These are fantastic! Thank you for sharing Could you send me the links to the PDF’s as well please? We are planning to do the Lost Lamb one for Relief Society and are so excited! 😊
Hi! I would love to do this activity, but also need the links, could you please send them to me?
This is such a wonderful idea! We would like to do this for our Relief Society birthday activity. Could I get the PDFs for both? We can’t decide what one to do. Thank You!
Thank you so much for posting this. I was not able to connect to the links. Would you please email me.
Hello! I just received the calling of girls camp director and nothing like this has been done in our Stake before. I would love to do a project like this. Could I please get the templates to both pictures? Thank you!
I would like to do this activity with our young women. I cannot get the links to the pictures. Would you please send them both to me? Thank you.
I would love to be able to do this activity with our young women as well. Will you please send the files to me as well. Thank you so much!!
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I hate to add more requests to your inbox. I appreciate your firm.
Hi, could you, would you, please send me the pdf of Christ in the red robe, as we here in Victoria, Canada would love to do this for our relief society march celebration. Thank you so very much. This is a fabulous activity.
This is such a beautiful idea!! Thank you so much for sharing, this would be perfect for our girls camp! Could you please share the links for both paintings? Thank you so much!!❤️
What a wonderful project. Would you please send the pdf for both?
Thanks!
Could you please send the pdf files for both projects to me. Thanks so much for sharing!
Hello! Would it be possible to please get a copy of both of the files? Thank you so much for your informative post, hoping to do this leading up to girls camp this year.
Hi! I am interest in doing the Minerva Teichert painting activity. I am having trouble with the links to the projects. Can you please send me the pdf information for Christ in a Red Robe PDF?
Thank you
I tried to send the files, but when I sent the email, it said that your address was not found. Which email would you like me to use? Thanks!
Hi, will you please send me the links as well. Thank you!
Hello! I would love the link for Christ in the Red Robe paint by number for our girl’s camp.
I would also love the links for both paintings. What a powerful activity!
I love that we work for good oftentimes unaware of the outcome. Can you please send me the link to both pictures? Thank you so much!
Love this! Could you please send the links?
May I please have both files please? One goes perfectly with our camp theme this year and the other one will be for our family reunion! Thank you so much for the time you are putting in to helping us all!
Could you share the links with me for the files? The imbedded blog link did not work for me.
I would love to get the link for both of these activities They’re awesome and I’m sure our girls will love to do it at camp. Thank you so much for sharing them.
This is excellent. Thank you! As a non-crafter, I’m not sure what the standard size of acrylic paint is. Can you help with that information? When you say three bottles, how big are they? Thank you, thank you!
They are usually about 2 fl oz. You can usually find an aisle in craft stores that have a ton of different colors all lined up. Under Step 4, I also linked to certain colors I could find online if that helps.
Yes! That helps a ton. Thank you again!
No problem 🙂
Would love to hear the message that ties it all together. I love it.
I would too! This page is just a cumulation of what has been shared by others. So if anybody has a message that they used that they would be willing to share, I would love it!
Hello! Do you mind confirming that both images fit on a 6×4 piece of plywood?
I know that Miko used the red robe image on a 6×4 piece of plywood and it fit with a border around it. You can see it in the first photo of the post. I haven’t had anybody report back to me on the lamb image though. I assume it would be the same. Looking at the lamb file, the image is 10 tiles wide by 12 tiles tall. I would recommend printing out one of the tiles and measuring the exact size. Then you can estimate how big the finished image will be based on that.