So…this really is fun!!! and something I had never explored until the other day. Everyone has cling film in their kitchen drawer, and hopefully by now, if you’ve been following this blog, you have invested in the most essential and necessary material ever needed with children in the house – and that’s kiddies waterproof paint and lots of it!!! (oh and maybe an apron!!!) Its such a fun little art activity and allows children freedom to explore touch, colour and blending. Promotes conversation, and learning descriptive words through questions such as, how does it feel? what is happening? I made a long list with the children when exploring this art activity with them, and just loved to see all the different words they used to describe the same activity…one being ‘custard!!!’ you’ve got to love how little people’s minds work!!!

clingfilm painting

what you need…

  • 3 different colours of paint that mix well…I would always make sure 1 of the paint colours is white so you don’t end up with a mud type colour which so often happens when blending 2 or more colours!!!
  • card
  • cling film

what you do…

  1. squeeze big huge blobs of paint onto the card, you can’t really go wrong here so this is a great opportunity to let your child have a go, as this is so fun in itself!!! and rarely allowed I feel, as you worry they’re going to squeeze too much, but let them squeeze too much, it is better the more paint you have
  2. cover the card and paint with a sheet of cling film making sure it’s secured round the back carefully, you could use cellotape
  3. then let those little hands explore, squishing, squelching, squashing the paint
  4. talk about what’s happening, let them come up with the answers…
  5. have fun…

then into a little dreams adventure…

  • create sensory bags – fill plastic bags or sandwich bags with different textural things, discuss with your child what it feels like and why, make a list of all the words they come up with
  • mixing colours – what colours can you make if you mix different paint combinations together, maybe repeat your cling film activity with a different variation
  • blindfold your child and ask them to feel different textures, what do they think they are?