3 Painting Activities for Kids
Water Resistant Paintings
Supplies: water color paper, white crayon, set of water color paints, paint brush
Directions: Using a white crayon, create a design on paper. Can be shapes, images, or traced objects from a stencil. Use your paintbrush to softly paint over the lines, and the designs will appear!
Fingerprint Art
Directions:
Dip pointer finger gently in paint.
Press finger on paper.
After paint is dry, draw feet, beaks, ears, whiskers, eyes, stems, etc.
Painted Leaves
Directions:
Go outside and try to find dried leaves from the ground. (You can also use freshly picked leaves.)
Bring inside and wipe clean with a dry towel, keeping the leaf dry.
Using paint, decorate the leaf!