Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Balloon Prints
Materials: Liquid tempera, Shallow pans (pie tins or cake
pans), Small balloons, Paper
Procedure:
1. Put liquid tempera into shallow pans.
2. Have several small balloons blown up and ready for
activity.
3. Give each child a large piece of paper.
4. Place one balloon into each of the tempera pans.
5. Let the children bounce the balloons onto the paper.
Trade pans around for variety of colour.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Balloon Splatter Painting
Materials Needed: White paper Small balloons
Food coloring String Box Pin
Procedure:
1. Put small drops of food coloring and water in small
balloons. Blow up balloons. Tie them.
2. Place white paper into the bottom of a box.
3. Let children hold balloon in box, facing down. Pop
balloons with pin on underneath side.
4. See the design on the paper.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Batik Design
Materials Needed: White paper Crayons Brushes
Thin blue tempera
Procedure:
1. Draw freely onto white paper with crayon.
2. Paint over drawings with thinned paint. (Blue works
best).
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Bleeding Art
Materials: paper, tissue paper, spray bottles, water
Cut tissue paper into desired shapes. Fill bottles with
water. Have children place tissue paper on other paper and
spray with water. Then remove tissue paper to see how it
bled onto the construction paper, creating designs.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Blockprinting
Materials: Printing block (in soap, in wood, in a linoleum
block, in wax, glue a string design on a block, scratch a
design in glass for printing, glue cut-out cardboard shapes
on a block, roll ink on the block with a brayer), paint,
tray, newspaper, paper
Procedure: Cover your work area with newspapers. Plan a
picture or design that will fit your block. Put some ink on
the tile or glass, Spread the ink on the slab with the roller
until it is smooth. Roll ink onto the printing block cover
it evenly. Print by placing a piece of paper over the block.
Rub over the paper with your hand or with the back of a
spoon.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Blow and Draw (Age 2+ w/guidance)
Material: Drawing paper, Black India Ink, Straws,
Newspapers, Tissue paper, Marking pens or water colours,
Black construction paper, glue
Procedure:
Spread newspapers over your work area. Lay a piece of
drawing paper (any shape) on the newspaper. Drip a blob of
ink on the drawing paper. Quickly, use the straw to blow on
the ink, spreading it in different directions to create
spider-like designs. Blow gently. Let the ink dry. Then
add details and colour to your design by using watercolour
paints, marking pens, or bits of coloured tissue paper. Frame
design with black construction paper.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Body Paint
Materials: Tempera Paint, Cold cream, Brushes, Water,
Newspaper, Washcloth, Soap, Mirror
Procedure:Choose a time when you have on old clothes and when
you have plenty of time for experimenting and cleaning up.
Rub some cold cream into your skin...then paint away. When
the fun is done....wash with soap and water.
Sometimes it's just fun to paint people..even yourself.
Paint a smiling elbow. Flowered ankles. Earlobe pictures. A
knee-monster. Arm stripes. A nose-butterfly.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Bubble Blowing Painting
Materials Needed: 4 small containers, food coloring,
Bubbles and wands (purchased at store), white paper,
paper plates, towels (for clean-up), trays.
Procedure:
1. Have arranged on table 4 small containers. Fill each
container with bubbles and 4 wands.(non-toxic-age 4 &
up)
2. Add enough food coloring to each container (1 green, 1
yellow, 1 red, 1 blue). Thus you will have a mixture of
bubbles and food coloring. (It's best to let this stand over
night.)
3. Have child dip wand into container and blow bubbles
either on tray, plate, paper. If child blows on tray, have
paper ready for child to press onto bubbles.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Bubble Paint
Ivory Flakes
Water
Food colouring or tempera paint
- Mix water with soap flakes until you have a thick creamy
mixture. Add colour.
- Then whip with a mixer until fluffy.
- Paint on shelf paper or waxed paper. Use your fingers.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Bubble Prints
Materials: Liquid detergent, Water, Food coloring, Bowls,
Straws, White paper, Measuring cups and spoons
Procedure:
1. Combine a liquid detergent (2T) plus water (1C) plus
food colouring (10drops) This works best if allowed to set
overnight.
2. Give each child a bowl of this mixture plus a straw. Put
the straw into the bowl and blow out to make a large pile of
bubbles. (Practice blowing out.)
3. When there is a pile of bubbles, take white paper and
gently break the bubbles with the paper to create a bubble
print. (Each child has his own straw.)
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Candle Crayoning (Age 6+)
Materials: Drawing paper, crayons, candle, newspapers
Procedures:
1. Remove the paper from the crayons.
2. Spread newspaper under your drawing paper.
3. Soften the crayon as you use it by holding it in the
flame for a few seconds. Be careful.
4. Draw or drip a design onto your paper. Try combining
colours too!
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Chocolate Pudding
Materials: Fingerpaint paper, Ready-made chocolate pudding,
Spoons, Paint shirts, Water, Newspaper
Procedure: Arrange all the materials on the work table,
covering the table with newspaper first, if desired. Let
each child spread out a large spoonful of pudding mixed with
some water on his or her paper. Then encourage the children
to experiment with finger and hand painting. When they have
finished, hang their paintings to dry. This is a great
activity to use when studying the five senses, especially
those of taste, smell and touch.
Have children fingerpaint on a table top and when they are
finished press paper onto the pudding to make prints.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Corn Starch
Materials: Easel paper, Cornstarch, Water, Liquid tempera,
Large brushes, Paint cups.
Procedure: Add cold water to 3/4 cup cornstarch to make a
smooth, thick paste. Stir in boiling water until mixture is
desired consistency. It should be quite thick and nearly
clear. Spoon mixture into paint cups and stir 3 or 4
teaspoons of liquid tempera into each cup. Let the children
brush this nearly dripless paint on large sheets of easel
paper to make designs or pictures. This mixture can also be
used for fingerpainting. Store in refrigerator.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Corn Syrup Brilliant Blends
Materials: Large paper plates, light corn syrup, red, blue
and yellow food colouring, squeeze bottles, such as those
used for catsup or mustard.
Procedure: Pour corn syrup into clean bottles until they are
half full. Add a few drops of different coloured food
colouring to each bottle and shake gently. Add more colour,
if necessary, to make strong, bright shades. Have the
children squeeze the coloured syrup onto paper plates.
Encourage them to squeeze gently so that the syrup falls in
drops rather than in a stream. Once this is done with all
three colours, have the children tip their plates back and
forth so that the colours blend and create new colours. Let
the plates dry for several days.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Corn Syrup Shiny Shapes
Materials: Posterboard, Food colouring, Light corn syrup,
Paint shirts
Activity: Let each child pour a small amount of corn syrup
on posterboard and spread it out to the edges. Help the
child squeeze a few drops of food colouring in various
colours on different areas. Then encourage the child to
cleanup is 'tasty' and the finished product is a shiny,
multicolored picture. OR Let the children paint with plain
corn syrup on coloured posterboard cut into seasonal shapes
such as red hearts, blue kites or green shamrocks or trees.
For additional sensory effects, add scented extracts or
sprinkle on some glitter.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Cotton Ball Art
Materials Needed: Cotton balls, Powdered tempera,
Paper, Water, Bowls.
Brushes
Procedure:
1. Give each child a piece of paper.
2. Draw or dab on the paper with dry tempera using cotton
balls.
3. After completing the dry tempera drawing, let each child
paint the entire paper with water using a brush. See what
happens to the dry paint.
4. Let the children experiment with this medium. Colors
will combine and change right before your eyes.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Crayon Etching
Materials: paper, tagboard, or paper plates (any shape),
crayons, nail or un-bent paper clip
Procedure: Fill the paper with heavy blotches of crayon or a
crayon design. Color heavily over the whole papeer with
black crayon. Plan a picture or design. You might sketch it
on scrap paper first. Use a sharp object to scratch the
design on the black crayon. The black will come off and the
colors will show through wherever you scratch. Try
scratching sharp lines and larger areas too. Gently polish
the picture to finish it. Use another piece of paper, a
kleenex or a paper towel for polishing.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Crayon Paintings (Age 6+)
Materials: heavy drawing paper, lots of newspaper, old
crayons, old muffin tin, old brushes, turpentine or an
electric frying pan
Procedure: Prepare crayon paint in one of two ways: Shave
crayons into a muffin tin, keeping colours separate.
1) Pour some turpentine in each section and let sit for two
weeks. 2) Carefully set the muffin tin into an electric
frying pan that is half full of water. Heat on low until the
crayons melt.
Paint your design on paper...or you can try painting on wood
or cardboard.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Cups of Color
Fill all the cups of a muffin tin with water.
Place red, blue, green and yellow food coloring in each of
four of the cups of water.
Children use eyedroppers to transfer colored water to other
cups, thus creating different shades of color.
By combining colors, children also create new colors of
purple, chartreuse, brown, etc.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Dip and Dye
Materials: Muffin tin, Vegetable dyes (food colouring), Rice
paper or paper toweling or squares of an old sheet, Water,
Newspapers
Procedure: Cover your work area with newspapers. Pour food
colouring into the muffin tin. For a lighter colour, add a
small amount of water. Fold squares of paper or
cloth...Experiment with different kinds of folds. Dip a
corner into the food colouring. Hold it a few seconds while
the colour soaks up. Turn it and dip another section. Press
the folded paper between 2 layers of newspaper to squeeze out
extra dye. Open the paper and dry on newspaper.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Double Chalk-Talk (Age 6+)
Materials: 2 pieces of drawing paper, coloured chalk, a
dark crayon, a ball point pen (not to fine), a pencil, 2
paper clips.
Procedure: Use the chalk to cover both pieces of paper with
stripes or puzzle designs with some pieces filled in. Choose
colors that blend well together and make the chalk layer
quite thick. On one sheet, crayon very heavily over the
whole surface with the dark crayon. Clip the two sheets
together (colored sides touching.) On the back of the
crayoned sheet, draw a picture with the pen - press hard.
Use the flat side of the pencil lead to shade sections of
picture. Unclip the papers.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Drip and Twist
Materials Needed: Cardboard, matt board or plates
Liquid Tempera Spoons Bowls
Procedure:
1. Have 3-4 bowls of paint and spoons ready.
2. Give eaach child cardboard, matt board or a paper
plate.
3. Let her plop small amounts of paint onto the base.
4. Twist and turn the plate slowly to create a design. Be
patient.
5. Talk about the colors created.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Evaporated Milk Paint
Mix evaporated milk with food colouring. Makes a variety of
colours to paint with. Condensed milk makes a enamil like
paint.
Resource: lawrie@sausage.com.au
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Finger Paint
Materials: Paint shirts, Liquid starch, Powdered tempera ,
Painting surface such as fingerpaint paper, butcher paper,
paper sacks, cardboard, formica table top, cookie sheets or
oilcloth
Procedure: Put about a T. liquid starch in middle of each
child's paper. Add about a t. of powdered paint to the
starch. If you like, sprinkle salt or sawdust onto the
fingerpaint for a different texture. Let the children use
different tools such as, small pieces of cardboard, old combs
popsicle sticks, cotton swabs or forks.
Let the children stand while fingerpainting. This allows for
greater freedom of movement and helps with rhythm and
coordination.
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Category: Paint and Colour
Title: Finger Paint
3 cups water, 1 cup corn starch, food colouring
Boil water, remove from heat. Make a paste with the corn
starch and a little cold water, and add this to the hot
water, stirring constantly
