painting eXperiments {A to Z Raining Day Activities}

My children love painting. Playing with water paints, acrylic paints, tempura, finger paints – you name it! – is the most favorite time pass. 

When the weather is not good outside we color and paint. And we experiment with paint.

Here are some useful tips on painting experiments:

1. Warning: painting experiments ARE messy! But you can contain the mess to an area by designating it and covering with newspapers or plastic table covers.

2. Try various paints and painting techniques:

– make finger paint

– try painting with tempura paint

– try abstract painting

– explore with salt painting

– involve various objects in painting, e.g. q-tips, roller sponges

– paint on objects (seashells, rocks, leaves)

– have some fun with messy-less zippy painting

3. I am not kidding you when I say that your painting experiments can last for hours! So enjoy this experience thoroughly as it never gets old!

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This post is a part of the A to Z Rainy Day Activities Series by a number of KBN Bloggers organized and hosted by Something 2 Offer!

Be sure to check out other posts associated with each letter of the alphabet. In this post I linked X to eXperiments!

Take a look at the next post in this series: Y is for Yarn Maze by one of my favorite blogs Little Bins by Little Hands!