![]() ![]() We found that sticking to one or two materials per painting kept things looking beautiful, but still making them interesting and fun! Shaking things up with which materials you’re using is another great way to add interest to the piece. To keep things spread out and not just concentrated in one spot, we moved back and forth towards the canvas to shift the trajectory slightly, used water balloons that were filled to varying amounts of paint, and would occasionally turn the canvas so paint would drip or hit in other places. We noticed with our water balloons that the splat was taking the same trajectory or hitting around the same place on the canvas. It truly does kind of splash wherever it pleases! You may want to encourage your child to wear eye protection, just because of the splatter nature of the craft. Once your canvas is attached to the fence or easel, you’re ready to create your unique splatter painting! The reason you’ll want to do this in your backyard is that truly, that balloon or paint could go anywhere– cleanup is simply easier outdoors! Let your child pick colors and get creative with which colors to layer over each other… mine stuck to some of his favorite colors, red and yellow! These particular canvases came in a package of three, so we could make multiple paintings! We chose a section of fence not near the house or any trees, and just clamped it right on. Next, clamp your canvas to a fence or easel using clamps from your tool box. For ours, we chose water balloons (which are easily filled with soap dispensers of paint!) and medicine droppers, but you can use paintbrushes with paint flung at the canvas, sponges dipped in paint and tossed towards it, bubble wrap pressed on it, or even cooked spaghetti noodles, dipped in paint and tossed or smeared. Start by filling up your painting tools with your colors of choice. It stimulates parts of their brain that truly need that stimulation, and this activity is so super simple that you’ll want to do it again and again! That’s part of why I was so excited to do this messy play activity with my son, and why I highly encourage you to do it with your kids, too– kids need messy play. Whether we were watering down a patch in the front yard for a mud pit I could explore and roll in, or hauling out the paint and tie dye and glue, there was always the idea that… well, it’ll wash off. ![]() ![]() My mom just always had this theory that kids were washable, clothes were washable, and so play, even of the messiest variety, was absolutely okay. That awesome, irreplaceable memory is what cemented a love of messy play in my mind. It truly was a magnificent sight, and painting my room like that was something I’ll never forget. But what’s even cooler is, when my brother was growing up… she did it again! She let him paint a game room bright green with black streaks from a water gun. ![]() I mean, how many moms are going to say “Hey! Let’s paint a room with water guns!”? Not many. And let’s fill them with paint… and let’s squirt that paint ALL over the walls.” And we did, and my room was the coolest room on the planet. At one point in my childhood, my bedroom was due to be painted… and my mom actually said “Hey, let’s get water guns. I mean, I still do, but as a child, my mom made all the kids wish she was their mom for sure. When I was a little girl, I had the coolest mom ever. That’s why now is a great time to start arming yourself with ideas to keep the kids busy this summer! One of my favorite ways to keep kids active, busy, and having SO much fun they forget to be bored is through some good old fashioned messy play! That’s why this backyard splatter painting is tons of fun to create– and it’s super easy, too. “I’m bored.” Come on, it’s almost summer… you know you’re going to hear it at least once or twice or a million times. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. ![]()
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