The Ultimate Fishing Pole
During family Minecraft sessions, my husband is known to spend a lot of time fishing (seriously, do it long enough and you can catch valuable items like saddles and enchanted books). His gift from our kid (9yo) this year was a painting of a fishing pole, maxed out on enchantments (which makes it turn iridescent purple).
I purchased an ugly holiday canvas framed deal from Home Goods, then gessoed over it, since we wanted a “wood” frame to mimic the style of item frames in Minecraft. I made a stencil and masked off the fishing pole so the kid could paint the background. Then we reverse stenciled and he painted the background of the fishing pole purple and pink. I went over the top/edges with paint marker details. His feedback made this better – he had a good eye for getting the colors/fill right.