Girly Girl and Engineer requested a painting activity the other day, and I was happy to oblige. I thought it might be fun to use some everyday items to paint circles.
I gathered an old baby food jar, straws, beads, an old travel cup , part of a mason jar lid, a two liter soda bottle, a circular cookie cutter, and an old medicine bottle. Each of these items had at least one part that could be used to make a circle print. I also grabbed some white paint and construction paper for the kiddos to use.
Both Girly Girl and Engineer had fun seeing the different ways each item could make a circle. They tested the different size circles each item made.
Engineer especially liked using the two liter soda bottle. He discovered that he could make splatters of paint by squeezing the bottle. He was rather gleeful in telling me, “when the air comes out of the bottle, it makes the paint do this!”
Girly Girl also had a good time with the two liter bottle, but for a different reason. She tested out the bottom of the bottle to see what kind of print it would make with paint. It looked rather like a flower, much to her delight. After trying out a few prints using the bottom of the bottle, she also decided to use her finger prints to make flowers.
Engineer decided to join Girl Girl in making some flower prints using paint on the bottom of the soda bottle. He used the rim of the baby food jar to make the middle of the flower, then used his finger prints to add more petals to the flower.
And, of course, the finger prints led to some painting with hand prints. Thank goodness I always use washable paint with the children!
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This is so fun! My kids always end up finger painting too, when paint is involved in any project! I am stopping by from the Made By Little hands Link up. I also wanted to invite you to share in our Share It Saturday linky party. We have lots of great contributions so far and this would fit right in! http://www.sugaraunts.com/2013/01/share-it-saturday-1-12-13.html
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Thanks, Colleen! I will definitely pop by and check out Sugar Ants shortly. 🙂
Stopping by from MonstersGoneWild.ca The bottle painting is a great idea!
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Wonderful, thank you! I had a blast looking around yours yesterday.
What a lovely idea 🙂 I love that Engineer could tell that it was the air in the bottle that made the paint splatter. I should try this with my son, I think he will like the splatter too 🙂
I saw your post at Tuesday Tots linky party.
Thanks so much! I was pretty entertained that Engineer made such an astute observation, too. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Loves of fun, and a great way to experiment with sizes! Thanks for linky up to Mom’s Library!
Thank you! I love Mom’s Library . . . always so many great ideas. 🙂
Those prints really look beautiful in the white paint! Thanks for sharing this at Mom’s Library!
Thank you! 🙂
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How awesome! Thank you so much!! 🙂