Bubble Painting

 2013 Summer Arts Program has come to a close with this last project. Look at our other cool Summer Arts Program curriculum on the many arts posts below. I have a BFA in Art Education and love using my love of creative arts with the children. 

Bubble Painting 

Another perfect project for toddlers and children who 

cannot draw yet.

In a Styrofoam bowl add a good squirt of dish washing liquid soap, a big squirt of black tempera paint and some water. Mix. 

The child will blow bubbles into it with a straw.

Lay the paper on top of the bubbles

Then we painted around them

Swirly Paintings. Great for Toddlers!

The next three posts are toddler painting projects

Scribbler age children can make beautiful 

art work without being able to draw!

This is so simple and gorgeous.

You will need a plate to paint on.

On the back dob some paint.

Turn the plate over and 

"Turn the plate like a steering wheel."
It will leave a swirl of paint. 
Turn the plate over and do it again.

Do the same with a smaller lid.
This is a laundry detergent lid.
Dob paint on the top.

Turn the lid to make smaller swirls.

Does not have that finished look so...

Now paint circles around the swirls.

Last, paint the background.

A very dynamic looking project that a two year old or much older child will love to do!

Scribbler Painted Template

Here is a proven successful art project for a scribbler aged child who can only draw circles.

You will need a template.

Sponges pre-loaded with paint and clothes pin handles.

Let the dobbing begin.

Needs the personal touch!

Scribbler age child now paints the "circle 
becomes a sun".

Finished toddler art project!

Older children need more of a challenge. We add three components: spirals, stars and balls.

And the fanciness is very becoming! 

Scribbler's First Drawing

The first thing I teach a very young child to draw is a circle. That is the universal first shape any child puts on paper. Demonstrate making a circle while they watch. I chant while they do it. "Round like a ball. Round like a wheel. Round like the sun."

If a very young child can do that we go on to the "sun". That is the second object a child can draw. Here we take these first impressions on paper to a finished art project.

The universal first drawing a child will do.

Next we add stripes inside the suns.

Then we add balls.

A thin wash of paint can be added over the crayon.

A child's first drawing becomes a masterpiece.