Friday, February 24, 2012

BLOW ART (WITH KIDS)

I got this book from the library - I Love to Paint. Weekly we will be doing a art lesson from this book. The 1st art project was blowing paint.

Materials needed:
thick paper (I used card stock)
straws
paint (I used watered down tempera paint)
a place you do not mind messes (we did ours on our back patio)


We would pour what color paint on the paper the kids wanted

 Blow the paint thru the straw to make different patterns/designs




Viola! Their masterpieces! I had intended on doing this with my 2 year old as well but then I decided that she wasn't ready for it just yet - soon though!


27 comments:

  1. I LOVE blow art! So much fun.....can't imagine any kid not liking it!!!

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  2. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. You seriously have the best ideas! This is so cute!

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  4. I don't know what it is that I love so much about blow art, but everytime I see pictures of it, I want to pull out the straws and paint and have fun!

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  5. so pretty, i remember doing this as a kid

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  6. Hi, just found you from blog hop! What a cool idea. My girlies are older now but i have lots of nieces and nephews to pass on your ideas:)
    Suzanne

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  7. This looks so fun! and only moderately messy!!

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  8. What a fab idea!I know what we will be doing this weekend!! Pinned this!

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  9. What a fun activity! My kids are older but I know they would totally enjoy this!

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  10. How cute is that! Pinning so I can do this with my son this summer!!

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  11. This is so cool. Looks messy, but definitely fun for the kids

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  12. Totally fun idea, I'm going to pin this

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  13. Beautiful! They would great in a frame! My kids are grown ..but the majority of the art work on our walls are theirs from their childhood. People are amazed!
    Have a Fun Weekend!

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  14. I love it! these came out great!
    -Catherine

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  15. That is so cool! I might try it with my 3 year old but my 2 year old probably would suck it in too much.

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  16. OK now you really need to leave a seat at your arts and crafts table for me. I wanna play too! I love it. I vote for splatter art next on cut out umbrella's for April Showers. in case you were looking for some ideas.

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  17. great idea! I think I will try it!

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  18. This is one art project we've never tried, but I know it would be a big hit. I'm putting it on our "to do" list!

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  19. slapping forehead - watered down tempura paint! That's what the problem was !! thanks!

    (stopping by from WUHS)

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  20. Soooo fun! I love to do fun paint projects with my kids, but hadn't thought of that one yet. Thanks for the idea--I'll be doing that soon for sure. :)
    Jaime

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  21. Even my middle schoolers loved painting this way when I was teaching! They always turn out so cool looking. Looks like your little guys had fun, too. Thanks for reminding me of this painting technique!

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  22. That is So creative! Thank you for linking it up to our Artistic Tuesday Link up!

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  23. I love it, I would have never thought of this, thanks

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  24. My baby isn't even born yet to do this with me! But I have an 8 year old sister who would love to do it. It looks really neat!

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