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Painting on Tin Foil

October 1, 2017 by Kate 4 Comments

Giving your child the opportunity to try painting on foil can be a great alternative to offering them standard white paper. Children learn very quickly that paint on foil responds quite differently to what they are used to and that the foil medium is very fragile. 

Painting on Tin FoilI’m all for setting up creative stations for my kids that are simple and is of interest to my two girls, Possum (aged 5.5 years) and Boo (2.5 years). This particular painting on foil activity was a massive hit and one that I should have tried long ago. Now that I think of it, Kate from Picklebums did this activity with her children a short while ago. 

Recommended ages: 2 years +
(Strict and active supervision required)

Paint set

Painting on Foil

For this activity you will need – 

  • Tin foil
  • Board (chopping board or cake board) 
  • Paint
  • Painting brush or q-tips
  • water

I simply wrapped a piece of tin foil around a cutting board so that my girls had a solid surface to paint on. I then set them to be as creative with the paints as they wanted to be. It was so beautiful to watch them paint. 

Being creative and painting on tin foil

The paint responds so wonderfully to the foil. We used fluro paints, which really made the colours pop and almost look like they’d glow in the dark! 

Possum has a thing for rainbows at the moment so I wasn’t surprised that this was one of the first things that she decided to paint. The foil seemed to sparkle behind it and made the rainbow almost look 3 dimensional. 

toddler activity painting on tin foil

Suitable for toddlers and beyond! 

I love that this activity suits almost all ages. At the beginning Boo was a little aggressive with the paints and tore a few edges of the tin foil. She learnt quite quickly, however, that she needed to be gentle with the fragile tin foil surface. 

Painting on Tin Foil

Fine Motor Skills

I gave my girls q-tips to use with the paint as I thought they would be most suitable for the tin foil surface. I was pleased that I did offer it to them because they held the paint very well and left smooth lines on the tin foil. 

This was also great for helping build fine motor skills. 

Painting on foil is lots of fun for kids

The girls had a wonderful time making all sorts of pictures and experimenting with different strokes. 

These pieces were going to be a little too hard to frame, however if you glued it to a piece of cardboard you could certainly have them on display.  

Painting on tin foil with kids

I would highly recommend this unique painting activity for your kids. Painting on foil is lots of fun and the colours really pop off the page. It’s great for all ages and can be helpful as a calming down technique. 

Would your child enjoy painting on foil? 

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Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Art, Fine Motor, Indoor play, Making

Comments

  1. Michele Barnes says

    June 13, 2018 at 3:01 am

    Did you have a problem with the paint chipping off

    Reply
    • Kate says

      June 18, 2018 at 11:15 am

      Hi Michele,

      Great question! No I didn’t have that problem because the paint I used was quite thin, however, I do feel you could find it start to chip off if you had a thicker paint and you crumpled the foil.

      Reply
  2. Carolyn Chew says

    May 22, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    Thanks for sharing Kate, the effect looks great! May I know which type of paint you used? Are they watercolours?

    Reply
    • Kate says

      May 26, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      Great question Carolyn. Watercolour paints would work well. I just used basic kids paint cakes, so they are washable, non toxic and safe. You just add water and go for it. Hahaha

      Reply

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