Batik Painting With Kids

We first visited Kompleks Kraf Kuala Lumpur during one of the art exhibition early this year. It showcases a variety of authentic products such as souvenirs, interior decorations, costume, jewellery, latest fashion textiles, garden and landscape decorations as well as everyday use products. You can buy all these stuff at their Karyaneka Souvenir Shop and to purchase corporate gift products made of silver, copper, pewter, wood and crystal, you can visit the Karyaneka Corporate Shop. But I guess, the most amazing part of this one-stop art centre is the Craft Village. Here, visitors can get involve in the art of making batik, bags, wood carvings, ceramics, metal, pewter and costume jewellery. You also get to talk to the artists and ask them as many questions as you want about their artworks.

The Craft Village that houses local artists.

Since AM and AZ have been requesting to do some batik painting, we decided to go to Batik Conlay. There are quite a few Batik artists there, so you don't have to worry if certain places seem full of visitors. There are ready made canvas of different sizes and images to choose from. They are mostly those of animals, flowers, dinosaurs, local landmarks and cartoon characters. You can also bring your own artwork and the artist can transfer it to the canvas, ready to be painted. Price will vary according to the sizes and the complexity of your artwork.

The staff provided brushes, dyes, pots of water and tissues for the kids. The kids love it because it is so easy to do as it is so impossible to mess up with the colours as the lines are traced with wax. Really, there is no artistic skills needed to do this. It builds the kids confidence as it doesn't have to be perfect all the time. Even if you make mistakes, you can cover them up easily.

AM chose the beautiful koi.

AZ was more attracted to the T-Rex. I really loved it that she decided to go for red, instead of green or brown  for her T-Rex.

Once done, you need 1to wait for ten to 15 minutes for them to dry. You can opt for your batik artwork to be framed and just pay extra charges. Don't forget to take nice photos with your beautiful artwork!

 Look at the bold colours.

The kids were really happy and they were so proud of themselves. To think that all these cost us RM40 only. Moms, you really need to bring your kids here. The parking spaces are plenty. In fact, if you are lucky there are certain days, where the parking is free and there are not many visitors. You'll have the place all for yourselves.


Address

Kompleks Kraf Kuala Lumpur,
Seksyen 63, Jalan Conlay 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 – 2162 7459
Faks: 03 – 2161 2622
Emel : http://www.kraftangan.gov.my/