Painting with Yarn !!

This is one activity that I remember doing it as a kid. These are so much fun to make and you never know what will come out of it, no two will be the same !!

You will need : 

• White paper
• Any paint (we used crayola washable paint) in a small container
• Pieces of wool/yarn (around 15-20" for each color of paint)
• clothes pins
• Newspaper to cover your workspace

Fold the paper in half, then open it back up and lay it flat. Next tie one end of the wool/ yarn to a clothes pin. Have the child take the piece of yarn/wool and dip it in the paint leaving the end tied to clothes pin free of paint to hold on to. You don't need a lot of paint, just to make the yarn stained.

Next lay the paint covered yarn/wool on one side of the folded paper in any pattern, leaving the clean end of the yarn out so you can hold on to it.

Then fold the paper back together and put your hand on the paper, hold down with little pressure so you can feel the wool through the paper and begin pulling the yarn out of the paper. You may want to hold the paper down for little kids while they pull the wool. (Ignore the prints on the paper, we use a lot of one side printed paper for artwork)

Open up the paper and oooooh laaaa a beautiful creation!

You need not dip the yarn in paint each time, the second and third prints look beautiful too !!

 To make a larger one, put the paint dipped  yarn on paper and then cover it with another paper and repeat the process..

 Each one so unique and beautiful !!

Next we tried another method, where in after laying the paint dipped yarn/wool on paper and folding it back, we rubbed the paper from top to bottom. (NO PULLING the wool here)

And opened the paper to revel our work of art...

But putti loved the pull method very much and did not want to make this. Guess I should have let her try this method first and then the pull method. Maybe we will do that next time.

And be ready to make lots!! Putti made loads of these...

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Paint on stretched canvas

For the art theme birthday party, the main activity i chose was paint on canvas. That will make a wonderful keep sake return gift too. I gave each of the kid one canvas with their names and date written on the back. The big girls Aneesa and Sarah had questions like "what is this? why not paint on paper like we do in school?" etc. And when i told them that most professional asrtists paint on these canvases they were thrilled!! Also told them when its done, its ready to be displayed on wall, no need for framing, they were more excited.

And when i gave them aprons to wear "its like the ones in our schools " they shouted with joy. And were happier when i said they can take it home after they are done with painting!!
Later i showed a couple of examples what we were planning to paint that day like here and here. And then we went on to put tape on canvases. Since it is difficult for putti and other little ones to pull and cut their tape. I offered to help all kids to cut tape for them in the length they asked for. Aneesa made an 'A', while her little sister made some parallel lines with the tape. Abhi akka took mom's help to make a little house, a flower (looked like a windmill) and an 'A' too. Shakti went on making windows for each of her family member with mom's help. But putti made some random patterns.

And once all were done with tape, i gave them little containers with crayola washable paint and a sponge brush. I did not want kids to mix up their colors and end up in muddy brown so to keep colors and brush clean, I asked the kids to pass on their paint containers along with the brush in them to the next person. This made sure all the kids got all the colors and also the brushes stayed clean ! They all enjoyed painting.

 

Watching these kids having so much fun, the littlest kid almost 2yr shishir come wanted to join too. And he enjoyed his time with paint for  awhile. I had plans of making foot and hand prints of him on canvas, as he had never been exposed to paint/ crayon earlier. But he decided to pitch in with the other kids:)

And when all were done, we left them to dry and carried on with other activities and snacking. When it was time to leave, gave the kids their canvases and they peeled off the tapes. 

 

They were all excited to take them home.
 

I had been wanting to try paint on canvas with putti for a long time and now want to do more....

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Tape Art..

Putti loves playing with the sticky tape.  When her daddy is mounting his stamps or when I am wrapping a gift for someone, she comes and begs for more and more tape which she loves feeling on her fingers and then sticks them onto a paper. 

Recently, I bought these colorful tapes for her. She was jumping with joy when she saw all these lovely colors. But she did need help with pulling the tape. So, I had to cut them for her.  She stuck them to paper as she wished.

Here she has used some stickers too.

Love the alphabets here..

Later while browsing the net, I found that The Artful Parent had used ’masking tape' and thought that might be easier for little hands to pull and cut themselves!

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Bell pepper and Bottle bottom prints..

Bell Pepper Prints.

Bottle bottom prints

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Runnies, Splatter and Spray Paint!!

Runnies

Splatter with brush

Spray paint

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Rolling the ball and Marbling...

Golf Ball rolling:

1. First take a Fedex box or Shirt box and tape paper to it. 
2. Then pour little bit of paint on the paper.
3. Place 1-2 golf balls on the paper and tilt the box.
4. You will notice the ball creates paint tracks as it moves all over the paper inside the box
5. Love the patterns it made.

Later on tried it with suction ball...

Marbling done with food color, vegetable oil and water!

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