Cootie Art (Straw Blowing Paint Activity)

Materials needed: Paint (3-4 different colors), straws, cups, spoons, paper (the thicker the better), googly eyes, glue. 

The first thing you need to do is water down your paint. The white/purple/green cups show how much paint I started with. The orange/yellow/red cups shows how much water I added. Make sure you stir the mixture a lot. If the paint is too thick, this will not work at all. You want the paint to be really watery and smooth.

Salad Spinner Art

Materials: 

• Paint
• Paper squares
• Glitter
• Salad spinner.

Instructions: Lay a piece of paper in the salad spinner. (It helps to tape it down a bit!) Have the child spoon drops of different colored paint onto the paper however they choose. Close the spinner and have them spin it. If they do not have the strength to do it on their own, have them try first then help them out at the end. If you want the kids to be able to do this independently, water down the paint a bit. Sprinkle glitter over the painting and spin again.

Rock Monsters + Houses

Materials: Rocks, Paint, Googly Eyes, To-Go Boxes, Markers, Scissors.

Instructions: Have the kids paint the rocks and add pipe cleaners and googly eyes. (I used hot glue, but regular glue should be fine if you let the paint fully dry.) While they are doing that, cut out some windows and doors for them on a take home box from any Asian restaurant. While their paint is drying allow them to decorate their rock monster's house with paint, glitter, markers, anything!