Since Teigue has been in school I haven't really done many crafts with the kids. It's mainly because Teigue does art every single day at school and is a little over it by the time that he gets home. Today, I decided to stop the strike and do a really fun activity- a marble painting.
I read about marble painting on one of my favorite blogs, Ohdeedoh. The painting that they showcased actually looked like real art, something that we could hang on the walls and people would Oooh and ahhh! at and wonder what prominate gallery we bought our showpiece at. So, the kids and I got to work. Teigue decided that instead of just doing a few colors, all the colors must be used, and used we did. I filled a muffin tin with the paint and marbles (thankfully we still had a few marbles from Hungry Hungry Hippos that haven't made their way under the couch, hutch or into the yard) to make things cleaner and easier.
I bought a canvas at Michael's and stapled some cardboard to the side- so the marbles didn't roll off. The kids had a blast getting as much paint on the marbles and throwing the paint on the canvas. Washable paint came in very handy as much of the paint ended up on me.
The kids love how it turned out- Teigue wants it for his room. I love it and it was fun for all of us to do. The kids got dirty and we got a piece of art that doesn't scream Kid! when you look at it. Tomorrow we will be doing a purple and pink one for Stella's room (as if there was any doubt as to what colors Stella would choose for her canvas...)
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