All you need: Straws. Paint. Paper. Cookie Sheet.
This weekend was a good, lazy weekend full of nice weather and a desire from everyone in the house to just chill and enjoy quality family time.
That's my kind of weekend!
Sunday we experimented with the "Idea Challenge" suggestion given to me by Diana.
Using art paper placed in cookie sheets, we squeezed out some Tempura paint and blew the paint around with straws. Not only did it create a super cool effect, but it was a nice little science lesson.
Here, in pictures, you can see our project. I had to help the girls blow the paint a little (perhaps I should have added more water) but they got the idea, and had fun with a little "right-brain" time.
Thanks again, Diana!
If you try this with your kids (or any other creative project), be sure to let me know so I can post about it or link-up to your post and let my readers know about your adventure!
10 comments:
Looks great!
I really enjoy your blog! How would you feel about following eachother and button swap? I would love that but please let me know how you feel about it!
Thank you again...Kisses and those photos look great!
Happy Monday!
I love lazy weekends. We had one too here in Georgia. Your little artists did an amazing job BTW!
As a nanny, I'm always looking for new ideas. Thanks
I love doing this with kids - so fun!
This reminds me of painting with marbles.....you just dip a few marbles in paint and drop them on the paper that's set up in a cookie sheet or other pan with sides that the paper fits in and you just sort of tilt the cookie sheet side to side and however which way you choose......
Which reminds me of painting with bubbles.........you add a few drops of food coloring to the bubble solution and set the papers either on the ground outside or hang them up on a clothes line and blow bubbles that have food coloring in it at the paper
Which also reminds me of painting with hot wheels.....just set up a plate of paint and let the kids dip hot wheels in the paint and then roll over a piece of paper to leave tire tracks....
Which reminds me of........just kidding, nothing else is in my brain right now
This really is a fun idea. My kids would have loved it.
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Thank you so much for grabbing my button and I am following you and I just got your button....Cant wait for your new post...Kisses and see you soon:))
such a fun project with the kids! I love this! Great blog!
Lovely paintings and i love this straw paintings with kids.
I love this idea! We love painting at our house and painting with straws is now on our to do list :) We recently painted with cars and had a blast! Look us up. http://busyandthebeans.blogspot.com/2013/01/painting-with-cars.html
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