KIDS
CORNER
With Carol Peters
BALLOON PAINTING — STAMPING
Here's a fun summer ART Project for your special toddler. It can
start with a walk in the park or a trip to the library in search of
lizards and /or caterpillars—and more than one rolly-polly.
Back home, you'll need to find a comfortable spot (either a
kitchen table or outdoor patio table) and cover it with newspaper
or some kind of plastic tablecloth. Engage your child verbally by
asking questions about the things you may have seen during the
outing. Perhaps they remember a flower or the blue of the sky.
They can incorporate these into their artwork.
You'll want to have some paper plates, sheets of paper, poster
paint and small balloons handy for this project.
INSTRUCTIONS
• Put four different colors of paint on the paper plate (do not mix them).
• Blow up a few balloons but keep in mind the size of your child's hands
• Instruct your child to gently TAP the balloon in the paint and then TAP, TAP, TAP the balloon
on the paper.
• Let dry.
• When the paper is completely dry, add stems for flowers or add detail to make an animal, caterpillar
or whatever they want. They might want to just blend their TAPs to create a beautiful abstract paint-
ing to hang or to use for cards or folders. Or you can laminate them and use them as placemats.
CAROL PETERS is an
award-winning art
instructor who is highly
skilled at bringing inno-
vative, creative art alive
for both young and old.
TIPS
• Pick either warm or cool colors to mix together. When you mix warm and cool colors together you get grey or brown.
Warm colors — yellow, red, orange, magenta. Cool colors — green, blue, purple, fuchsia.
• Remember your child has small hands so get small balloons or just fill large ones to the size that works for them.
• To make a flower, dab a small amount of black paint in the center. Use a Q-Tip to dab black paint or use a black marker.
Make stems with a black marker.
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GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
JUNE/JULY 2018
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