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Painting with Golf Balls

July 4, 2013 by Kate 9 Comments

 
Painting with golf balls is fun for children toddlers
 

I love using an object, such as a golf ball, that seems so far from being involved in paint and simply throwing caution to the wind and just seeing what happens. Children absolutely love this approach too because it’s experimentation! 

 
Painting with golf balls is fun for children toddlers
YOU WILL NEED
 
  • Paper
  • Long and empty cracker box
  • Paint 
  • Golf ball
  • Dry and wet towel for easy clean up
Quite simply I had my niece and nephew carefully roll a piece of paper then have it expand inside the box. We had a discussion and predicted what we thought the paint marks would look like.  To be honest, I wasn’t sure myself. 
 
Painting with golf balls is fun for children toddlers
 
Fortunately my husband wasn’t watching what I was doing the golf balls he kindly let me borrow. lol
 
Painting with golf balls is fun for children toddlers
 
Once the children were happy with the paints they added to the golf ball they quickly dropped them into the box before sealing the end with their hand. Of course this can also be done with a tube without corners rather than a long box shape.
 
Then….
 
Painting with golf balls is fun for children toddlers
 
SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE
 
Painting with golf balls is fun for children toddlers  
 
The children found that if they shook the container for a long time then the colours would mix very quickly and the painting would turn brown, regardless of what colours they used. If they gave the box a few good shakes then it would return a wonderful painting as my nephew is so proudly displaying for you. 

The pictures turned out really well and the ‘pimples’ in the golf ball created an interesting pattern. The children continued to want to experiment and try the painting technique using different coloured or textured paper, change the way they shook the box etc. It was great watching them play. 

 
And lets be honest, a sign of a great time is having lots of paint on your hands. ๐Ÿ™‚
 
Kate x
 
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I hope you have enjoyed reading this post and find time to try it with your own children. 
 
I’d love to hear your  comments. 
 
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Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, Art, Art & Craft, Paint

Comments

  1. Bekka Joy says

    July 5, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    Love this Kate! You’re always coming up with such original ideas! And with everyday things! Good work! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Kate Lloyd says

      July 8, 2013 at 3:06 am

      Thank you Bekka! That is such a massive compliment. I really appreciate that. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  2. Deborah Alter-Rasche says

    July 6, 2013 at 12:51 am

    Oh, I keep meaning to do this activity! I keep thinking about little N throwing a paint covered golf ball down the stairs though and just how far that paint could travel lol. Having it in a tube could stop that! haha. PS I thought they were called, “dimples” in a golf ball. lol ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
    • Kate Lloyd says

      July 6, 2013 at 3:02 am

      BA hahaha the probably ARE called ‘dimples’ and that would make more sense than pimples. Shows how much I know about the game of golf. I think I’ll keep it as pimples for my own amusement. hahahaha

      Reply
  3. P is for Preschooler says

    July 7, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    What a great idea! And it came out looking awesome too:)

    Reply
    • Kate Lloyd says

      July 8, 2013 at 3:07 am

      I really didn’t know what to expect actually ‘P is for Preschooler’. It could have been a disaster. LOL

      Reply
  4. P is for Preschooler says

    July 7, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    What a great idea! And they came out looking awesome too!

    Reply
  5. Carrie says

    July 12, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    What a fun idea! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

    Reply

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