Here are a few ideas that can jazz up your child’s painting experience to make it more engaging and fun:
Ditch the brush
Have you run out of paint brushes or just want to have your painting have a different look? Try using different tools. Here are a few ideas of items that you can use:
Forks: Use a plastic fork and make unique art like flowers, fireworks, a lion’s mane, and many other animals.
Q-tips or cotton balls: Use several bunched up q-tips secured with a rubber band or just individually. These are great for making trees or any other type of dot art. Get creative!
Ziplock bag: Even babies can get in on the action! Place a piece of paper or canvas in a large Ziplock bag. If you want to make this a piece of art you can save, try spelling out your child’s name or just a letter with tape first on the canvas. Add different color blobs of paint to the canvas and make sure to seal the bag tightly (extra seal with some duct tape) and let your baby smear the paint all over while inside the bag. When you take it out and it’s dry, you can peel off your tape and you will have a little baby masterpiece. Click here for an example.
Balloons: Have you ever seen or tried paint pouring? Use the same method but try blowing up a balloon and using it to spread your paint colors around on a canvas for some unique abstract art!
Ditch the paper:
You can also use other items besides paper or a canvas to create your unique art masterpiece. Here are some of my favorites:
- Shower curtain painting: I love this one because it’s outside and you just take the hose and spray it off when you’re done!
- Foil painting
Rock painting (using chalk paint markers)