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!
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.
Fortunately my husband wasn’t watching what I was doing the golf balls he kindly let me borrow. lol
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….
SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE
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. 🙂
Kate x
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I hope you have enjoyed reading this post and find time to try it with your own children.
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Love this Kate! You’re always coming up with such original ideas! And with everyday things! Good work! 🙂 🙂
Thank you Bekka! That is such a massive compliment. I really appreciate that. 🙂 🙂
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 😉
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
What a great idea! And it came out looking awesome too:)
I really didn’t know what to expect actually ‘P is for Preschooler’. It could have been a disaster. LOL
What a great idea! And they came out looking awesome too!
What a fun idea! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!