Anyway, I chose to do the project where you line the bottom of a box with construction paper, dip a ball in paint, and have the child tilt the box back and forth, which makes the ball paint a pattern on the construction paper. My kids both participated this week (ages 3 and 6) and they both enjoyed it. In fact, they each made two pictures. I think they would have done more if we would have had the time.
The instructions I found on the internet said to use a golf ball but we don't have any of those so we just used a bouncy ball. The tempera paint washed right off when we were done. If the ball is too light, I don't think it will work as well, so I would use the heaviest one you have.
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Your pictures are very nice and abstract. I try not to buy stuff for our activities either - we have a cupboard full of paint and junk, so I am determined to make good use of that and try not to be wasteful.
As I mentioned on one of the other blogs, GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. There are 3 of us so far that did this same project.
It's still a fun project and kind of funny that we all could have been doing the same thing at the same time.
I've done this before using marbles - and with jingle bells for a nice auditory component. Your pictures look great!
we love marble painting!
This is always a fun project. Love it!
My boys love marble painting! We did something similar (although we added a couple of other types of balls).
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