June 12: Art activities

Hi everyone,

I want to spend the next few blog posts sharing some fun and easy summer art activities you could try at home with your child.

1. Painting with various objects

Materials needed:

• Washable Paint

• Open containers to put paint in

• Water balloons (half full)

• Fruit/vegetables 

• Toilet paper rolls (bottom half cut in strips)

• Any stamp you would like to use

• Paper to stamp on

Steps:

• Set out multiple containers with various paint colours in them.

• Dip your chosen stamp into the paint and stamp onto your paper.

• Be creative and create your own masterpiece!

2) Coffee filter butterlies

Materials needed:

• Tissue paper (cut in small squares/all colours)

• Coffee filters (round) or white paper (cut into circles)

• Water

• Spray bottles or paint brushes

• Pipe cleaners

NOTE: Some tissues papers are non-bleeding. You want the paper that is labeled "colours bleed when wet".

Steps:

• Take coffee filter (or paper cut to shape) and have children spray or paint completely with water.

• Place squares of tissue paper on wet paper or coffee filter.

• Let dry about 15 minutes.

• Remove tissue paper and the colors will remain.

• Take the pipe cleaner and wrap it around the center of the filter and bend ends to look like antenna. Cut to length and glue (if using the paper).

• You could also have children put tissue paper on one side only, fold paper in half and have the colours transfer from one side to the other with the coffee filters…one placed on top of the other (with tissue paper in between) will also transfer the colours from one to the other spray bottle and paint brushes give the children different small motor experiences.

3) Rock Painting

Materials needed:

• Rocks
• Paint
• Sharpies

Steps:

• Pick smooth, flat rocks.
• Wash and dry the rocks before decorating them.
• Paint your design on top using coloured sharpies and apply several coats. Let dry between layers.
• Use thin tip sharpies for details.