Sandpaper art with scribble art project

September 29th, 2009

The two art activities

Posted by Melitsa in Homemade, Media, play activities, Roundups

We tried the two art activities. See what happened in the slideshow below.

The boys were very pleased with their art and now think it’s fun to draw and colour on the floor. I liked how it came out. It did take a little time to set up but the effort was well worth it. We used butcher paper and bought art tape. We’ ll be experimenting with different size paper and different media now we’ve seen the possibilities.

We attempted the sandpaper art but we didn’t press hard enough. The sandpaper itself looked good after the iron and we liked the effect we could just about see on the card. We tried again this weekend.

The preschooler at first liked how hard he had to push but soon grew tired of it. Maybe it was the crayons or the style of picture but I had to go over his. Since we had to press so hard we dug up old crayons.

We also used paper this time to see if this made a difference.

Both boys enjoyed the fact we were drawing on something that wasn’t paper. It’s never occurred to me that they always draw on paper of some sort. So for this alone they were excited.

We’re thinking of framing these prints for their rooms I quite like the idea of making them into notecards as thank you cards for the coming year.

See slideshow below for our creations.

I had a little go myself too because it was fun.

We’d love to do more art and science activities. Where do you go for your under 5 art and science?

What new medium have your children drawn on other than paper?

Melitsa Avila is a former teacher, mother of three boys and military wife who talks about living an intentional play lifestyle using practical and everyday play activities to do with the under 5s. She publishes related ebooks & newsletters. Melitsa is the host and producer of a weekly Early Childhood radio show: Raising Playful Tots bringing parents and carers together with Early childhood practitioners. Thanks for reading!

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