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Splat Painting

A fun and easy painting activity to explore color mixing

Materials Needed:

  • Construction Paper
  • Washable Paint
  • Brush + Cup of Water + Paper Towel

Instructions:

  1. Fold paper in half and then open and lay flat
  2. Drop paint colors on one side of paper with brush (clean brush between bottle with water and paper towel)
  3. Close paper and pat down with hands
  4. Open to see colors mix.
    For another step you can use a scrap of cardboard to scrape paint across paper to see more mixing.
    **TIP: Use red, blue and yellow paints close to each other and see how colors mix.
  5. OPTIONAL: After dry, cut the paper so it looks like butterfly wings

 


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