June 16: Art activities

Check out some fun summer art activities below!

1. Sidewalk Chalk Paint

Materials needed:

• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2/3 cup water
• Food colouring

Steps:

• Mix together the water and cornstarch and stir until the cornstarch dissolves.
• Divide the paint mixture into the wells of a muffin tin or similar painting tray.
• Add Food colouring to achieve desired colours.
• Have fun painting the sidewalk!

2. Shoe fish

Materials needed:

• Shoe
• Pencil
• Piece of paper
• Crayons or markers
• Watercolour paint (optional)

Steps:

• Have child trace shoe onto paper.
• Using the shoe outline as the fish, decorate the fish by adding fins, gills, eyes, mouth, and scales.
• When drawing is complete, colour the fish with markers or create a crayon resist drawing (painting over crayon).

3. Fruit and Vegetable Painting

Materials needed:

• Paint or ink
• Sponges
• Cookie tray 
• Paintbrushes
• Water 
• Fruits and vegetables of all kinds (some good ones are: mushrooms, cauliflower, tomatoes, peppers, apples)

Steps:

• Dip fruits and vegetables into paint or ink and stamp them onto paper.
• You may instead wish to apply paint or ink directly to veg/fruit with a paintbrush.
• Have fun making cool patterns!

4. Pool noodle sailboats

Materials needed:

• Pool noodles
• Paper for sails (cut into triangles)
• Straws
• Large plastic container (to put sailboats in)
• Water
• Scissors

Steps:

• Cut pool noodles into 2-3 inch segments.
• Cut straws in half.
• Cut two small slits into triangle pieces (one near the top and one near the bottom to slide straw through).
• Slide straw into triangle piece (sail).
• Push sail into pool noodle.
• Place boats in water and sail away, Captain!