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Computer painting.

Seems a little off course, but with today's world being

a very digital world it is great to let children

experience the world that is graphic art.

Most computers will have simple programs like paint.

These are good for school age children, provided you

are happy with them using your computer, but there is

also online pages aimed at children in which they can

digitally paint their picture. I know there is also apps

available for devices like an ipad.

Here is some sites you may like to try. http://www.thecolor.com

http://www.coloring4all.com/

http://scrapcoloring.com/

http://www.myfreecolouringpages.com/

online_coloring.htm

Learning Outcomes: Children experience technol-

ogy in a creative form.

EYLF Outcome 4: Children resource their own

learning through connecting with technology and

exploring the world of online graphics.


String Painting

Materials needed

Paper

String (wool works well) cut into 30cm lengths

Bowls of different coloured paint

Pegs

Instructions.

Fill the bowls with different coloured paint

Attach a peg to the end of the piece of string.

Dip string in the paint and drag across the paper.

The children may also like to press it on the paper

and when they get more confident they can swirl

the string around their paper.

Variants

Change the lengths and the thicknesses of the string

you use.

Add PVA glue to the paint and stick the string to

the paper. You will need lots and lots of cut pieces

for this one.

Children use fine motor skills, creativity and

experimentation when string painting.


Tennis Ball Painting

Materials needed

Outdoor area, fairly flat.

An old tarp will help with the mess

Tennis balls, one for each colour you put out

Poster paint, you need fairly thick paint for this

one

Large paper or cardboard for each child. Weight or

tape down the edges

Instructions

First lay down your tarp (if using one).

Fill containers or bowls with poster paint and add a

tennis ball to each.

Tape down your paper to the tarp.

Let the children experiment with painting through

dabbing, rolling and bouncing the tennis balls on the

paper.

Variants

Try different size and weight balls.

Bumpy, spiky balls make great patterns.

Balls on elastic make great art, but it is messy and be

sure to wear old clothes.


Raindrop Painting Materials needed

Plastic pipettes.

Paper, white, A4 size is fine

Paint, variety of colours

Paint pots, or plastic cups

Instructions

Put your paper down in front of each child

Have paint pots with the paint in them and the plastic

pipettes.

Vary the paint. Try water colours, young children learn

how to control the paint and how hard to squeeze. Paint can

run if it is too watery and you wont see the drops as clearly.

Thicker paint will come out more in drop form.

Raindrop painting style 2.

Let the children paint or colour with texta's some paper

towel. Let it dry over night.

Using the plastic pipettes let them drop water on their

picture and watch what happens.

Try dropping the drops from different heights and

see which drops are bigger.

EYLF Outcome 4: Children resource their own

learning through connecting and imitating nature

when experimenting with raindrop painting.


Blow/Straw paintings

Materials needed

Containers with edges (optional)

A4 white paper

Long Straws, it doesn’t matter if they bend.

Paint, not too thick.

Note: make sure the children who are trying this

can blow through a straw not just suck up. Paint

doesn’t taste very nice.

Instructions

Put your paper in the container (new cat litter trays

work well, as do foil BBQ trays if you want a more

disposable option)

Put a few dobs of paint on the paper.

Children can use the straw to blow the paint in all

directions.

Variants

Try blow pens, for older children.

Try with different thickness of paints and children can

learn through experience that thinner paint will be

easier to blow compared to thicker paint.

Watch as the paint colours mix.


Syringe Painting

Materials needed

A clear outdoor area, as this activity

can splatter.

Syringes (available from the chemist) 1 for each

child. (old medicine syringes, cleaned are fine)

Paint, medium thickness so kids can master the

syringe

Large paper or cardboard for each child. This can

be done with the paper on the ground, on an easel,

or table.

Instructions

Each child has 1 syringe.

Show them how to work it. Give them a little time to

practise, you might like to let them practise in water.

Have several different open topped containers of

paint, old yoghurt containers work well for this.

Let them go and have fun, old clothes are a must.

Note:

Children experience learning how to draw paint and

water up through a syringe, this is great for the small

muscles in their hands and fingers. For children who

can’t yet get it, you can draw the paint up and let

them squirt til their hearts content.


Marble painting

Materials needed

A plastic edge container works best for this. (new

kitty litter trays, or slice trays as well.

Paint dobs, no need for paint pots.

Marbles, different sizes are great.

Paper or cardboard to fit inside the tray

Instructions

Each child will need their own plastic container or

they can take it in turns.

Put paper inside plastic container

Let them choose some colours they would like to dob

on their paper.

Add the marbles and let them roll them around by

tilting the tray.

Learning

Children learn control and direction as they

experiment with this style of painting.

They learn that for every one of their actions the

marbles react.

E.g. Lean the tray to the right, the marbles go right.

Slight lean means they roll slower, steeper lean means

they go faster.


Free Choice painting

Materials needed

Paper

A variety of colours to choose from

A variety of materials to choose from.

Instructions

If you have a collage table, let the children choose

items off the collage table that they would like to

paint with. Some examples are pipe cleaners, feathers,

paddle pop sticks, string, straw, sponges.

Have open topped paint containers for children to

access. Let them create !!

Watch and learn This is a great activity to watch and learn more about the

children in your care. This is the time to let them go and

create, giving them no direction provides you with a great

opportunity to learn more about them.

Some children will choose what they feel comfortable with

which may just be a brush. Others will look for your

direction, give them encouragement, “You can do it” This

will help build self esteem.

Some children will go wild, experimenting and creating

with anything and everything they can, this helps you

realise their need for more out of the box creativity. Make

notes on what they choose and how you can extend, inspire

and encourage each of them.


Crackle Painting

Materials needed

Paper, not too thick.

Crayons, lots of colours

Thin, watery black paint.

Paint brushes, medium size.

Instructions

Each child can draw any picture they like out of

crayons. Crayons should be easy to draw with so lots

of waxy crayon is on the paper.

When they are finished, let them crunch it all up. We

want lots of creases but not too bad that it rips of

destroys it.

Unfold and flatten back out, best you can.

Apply watery black paint and watch as it runs into the

creases, creating a crackle effect.

You may like to protect the painting a little more by

after it is all dry brushing it with a thin PVA clear

drying glue. This will stop any crayon from peeling.

Babies

Babies can still have a go at this. You, the educator/

parent draw the picture and let them have the fun of

scrunching it with you, help them apply the watery

paint.


Roller painting

Materials needed

Paper, at least A4 but larger works better.

Rollers, different kinds and patterns are great too.

Paint, large plastic plates work great for this

activity.

Clips or tape to tape paper down.

Instructions

Each child has their own piece of paper.

Have one roller for each coloured paint.

Tape the paper to the table or easel.

Let the children have a go at roller painting.

Variations

If you have small children who want to paint but you

would like less mess. Let them roller paint with water.

This is great on wooden fences, and concrete, but not

on any surface which could become slippery.

Concrete will wear out your rollers fairy quickly.

Have a large piece of butchers paper and get the chil-

dren to roll the paint all over to cover the whole piece

of paper, just like painting a wall in a house. This can

be a group activity.


Finger painting

Recipe

1/2 cup of cornflour

3 tbspns of sugar

1/2 teaspoon of salt

2 cups of cold water.

Add the dry ingredients to the water and stir with a

whisk over low to medium heat (approx 10min)

Take off heat when the mixture becomes thickened.

After cooling separate and add food colouring or your

choice, you won’t need much to colour it.

Instructions

Children will need somewhere to paint, paper or a

table with an old table cloth clipped or taped down.

Finger painting to me is about the texture, not the out-

come. Children learn about mixing colours, feeling

the texture through their fingers and swirling it with

their fingers. Because you make the mixture from all

non toxic materials it is safe for babies to experiment

with too.

A high chair tray is great for these types of art

experiences for young children. Painting started in my

house from as young as 6 months. It was messy but

they loved it. The hint is to make sure you have clean

up cloths ready for when they are finished.


Brush Painting

Materials needed

Different thickness brushes

Different coloured paints

Paper, canvas or something to paint on

Instructions

Have different thickness brushes for children to paint

with. Allow them to learn through experience about

how to paint and manipulate a brush of different

thicknesses.

Learning

Children learn about size and thickness, straight and

curvy through painting with brushes. This is a basic

early math skill, that children can experience through

experimentation and conversation.

Extend language and knowledge of the written word

by adding their story to their painting as told by them

to you. Don’t alter it. It makes a great memory for the

children to read back in years to come and see how

far they have progressed.


Bubble Painting

Materials needed

Plastic cups

Straws

Paint, water and liquid soap.

Paper

Instructions

Add a reasonable amount of paint in the bottom of a

cup, add one small pump of liquid hand wash or

something equivalent, add approx a desert spoon of

water. Mix altogether. Children can then blow

bubbles using a straw. When the bubbles burst out the

top, then can gentle put their paper on them leaving

behind a bubble print. Try this with different colours

to make a rainbow bubble page.

Variation:

You can do this to create an interesting piece of art-

work using white paint and black paper. You can also

sprinkle with glitter while the paint is still wet.


Nature Painting/Printing

Materials needed

Nature materials, twigs, leaves, rocks let the

children decide what they would like to try and

paint with.

Paper

Paint, any colours.

Instructions

Go out in the garden to collect natural materials for

painting. Different types of leaves are great for

printing. I love fern leaves. Other things to collect

could be twigs, bark, stones, pine cones etc.

If you don’t have a garden a trip to the park or an

educator could collect items and have there for the

children to choose from. Also ask children to bring in

natural items from home.

I would put paint in bowl large enough for children to

dip their items in. Let them create.

Extend:

This activity can be extended to painting the natural

objects themselves. Children might prefer to paint

pine cones, rocks and stick. Eyes can be added to

rocks to extend and make their own pet rocks.


Mirror Image Painting

Materials needed

Paper (large enough so you can easily fold in half)

Paint, reasonable thickness, not watery or runny.

Plastic teaspoons, small sponge dabbers.

Instructions

Take a piece of paper, and using a dabber, put small

dobs of paint on it.

With the help of an adult, fold the paper exactly in

half. Peel open to reveal a symmetrical painting.

You can also pre fold the paper, let the children paint

on one side only, fold it in half, gently press and open

to reveal the mirror image.

Extend:

Children can extend this learning experience by

seeing pictures in their creations which started off as

just blobs on a page.

You as the educator could also do this and let them

dry and ask each child what they can see in the

pictures. Write their comments on the picture and

display on your wall of your care environment.


Dance Painting

Materials needed

Large pieces of paper. A roll of paper works well.

If it is not wide enough you may like to tape it

down the middle to make it double width.

Paint on paper plates

Music (try different styles)

Bucket of soapy water and towel, ready for clean

up.

Instructions

You can do this as an individual art work or as a

group. Let children dip their feet in paint and dance

on the paper to the music. Look at their footprints and

see any patterns. Try different types of music and

compare the paintings.

Variations

Do a big group dance painting. If you can get your

hands on some big sheets of cardboard it will be

stronger and work better, even if you have to tape it

all together. Each child can pick a different colour to

dip their feet into. Turn on the music and let them

dance, dipping their feet again if they want to. Later

on you can follow one child’s movements throughout

the group painting.


Fruit Printing

Materials needed

Different fruit/vegies cut in half or sections. My

choice is apple, orange, capsicum, star fruit,

cucumber sections, hard pears.

Paint in bowls

Paper

Instructions

Children can experiment with shape and printing by

dipping the fruit or vegies in the paint and printing it

onto the paper. Later when it is dry they can try and

name the fruit or vegetable they printed.

Note:

Add to this book of paintings by either taking pictures

of your creations and adding them on the back of the

pages, or keeping one of the creations as a record of

the marvellous work and learning the children are

achieving. Please don’t forget to share with us your

creations by posting a picture on our Facebook page

for all to see. Or email [email protected] and

we can add the pictures to our website photo gallery.


Toy Car Painting

Materials needed

Cardboard. Any colour.

Black or white paint.

Toys cars of different sizes that can be washed

easily.

Instructions

Let the child dip their favourite cars in the paint and

make tyre tracks on their pages. If you only use one

colour of paint they can experiment with different

cars and widths of tyres dipping them in the paint and

seeing the different tracks they make on the paper.

Extension

Children can tape all their pieces together after they

dry to make a wonderful and very different play mat

to drive their cars on.

If you are game and have plenty of space. You could

even do this with large size Tonka trucks or even ride

on equipment outside.

If you don’t want to do it with paint and ride on

equipment, water also works well on concrete

surfaces.


Salt Painting

Materials needed

PVA or a strong glue

Salt, a fair bit of it

Water paints

Cardboard would be the best base for this.

Paper to tip the excess salt on to.

Instructions

Let the child create squiggles of glue or pictures with

the glue. Sprinkle a reasonable amount of salt onto

their creation. When dry tip off the excess salt that

didn’t stick.

Using strong water colours drip them onto the salt

and watch as the colour spreads. Creating a fun and

colourful picture.

Variants

With smaller children you can simply get a tray of

rock salt and using a eye dropper drip in different

areas different water based paints and watch as the

colours grow and disperse, til they all join up.


Tape Canvas Artwork

Materials needed

Medium sized canvas. 30x40cm work well.

Tape, coloured is good for children to be able to

see easily. (available in the electrical section at

Bunning's)

Instructions

Tape the canvas leaving blank sections in all random

directions.

Paint the sections in at least two different colours.

When the paint is nearly dry peel off the tape. An

adult might be able to help with the process.

Allow to fully dry and hang your original art work.

Variation

For older children, once the tape is peeled off and the

paint has dried they might like to add glitter to the

bare pieces or even something as simple as star

stickers can change the creation into a different work

of art.

Learning outcomes: Children learn spatial awareness,

shape, colour, direction, new language, art styles and

creativity.


Hidden Paintings

Materials needed

White paper

White crayons

Coloured water paints

Instructions

Let the children draw or write a message in white

crayons on their white paper. It works well if you

push hard when writing to make sure you get enough

crayons on the paper.

Use coloured water paints to paint over the paper and

reveal the hidden writing or picture underneath.

Variation

You can also do this, not with paints but with colour

changing markers.

Use the white (colour change marker first) and colour

over with another colour to reveal a hidden message.

This is great to do with school aged children where

you can write them a secret praise message about

what is special about them.

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