This simple spin art star painting can be used to make the most magical of wands! Perfect for kids of all ages.
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What you need:
- white card
- pencil
- tape
- glue
- jumbo wooden craft sticks (we got ours from Walmart)
- salad spinner (ours is from IKEA)
- acrylic paints (we used IKEA MALA neon paints)
- it can get messy so a mat or a tray is a good idea (we used our trusty Messmatz)
- pencil
- tape
- glue
- jumbo wooden craft sticks (we got ours from Walmart)
- salad spinner (ours is from IKEA)
- acrylic paints (we used IKEA MALA neon paints)
- it can get messy so a mat or a tray is a good idea (we used our trusty Messmatz)
How it works:
Spin art is one of our all-time favorite process art activities. It's easy to do with kids of all ages, and most of the paint mess is all contained in the salad spinner! The only bit of prep required is just to cut the white card into star shapes (I totally cheated and traced a cookie cutter!). Next up, tape one star to the bottom of the salad spinner and let your child start adding blobs of paint.
My 2 year old thinks it's the best thing ever to be let loose with the squirty paint bottles! Getting her to squeeze the paint out herself is great for her fine and gross motor skill development.
If doing the activity with toddlers, this is also a great opportunity to practice color names and recognition. My little one loved having the freedom to choose her color combinations on each star.
Once the star has a good number of paint blobs on it, let your child put the salad spinner lid on. Allowing your child to be involved with every step of the activity really helps them to feel pride in their work and have ownership of the project.
As I was doing this with my 2 year old, it can be tough to get the initial spin going, so I would always help her out by getting the salad spinner moving first. Then she was more than happy to take over! This is awesome for gross motor skill development.
Now for the best part, remove the lid and see how the process has led to a really cool pattern on the star!
We repeated the process until we had three beautifully decorated stars and then set them aside to dry. Then I simply helped my daughter to glue the stars onto the jumbo craft sticks so that they transformed into magical wands.
She was so proud of her work and LOVED playing with them as wands. We had some pretty magical adventures... from being fairies to fighting dragons, the wands always helped us to save the day! And if all else fails, they make for pretty funky sunglasses too!
My 2 year old thinks it's the best thing ever to be let loose with the squirty paint bottles! Getting her to squeeze the paint out herself is great for her fine and gross motor skill development.
If doing the activity with toddlers, this is also a great opportunity to practice color names and recognition. My little one loved having the freedom to choose her color combinations on each star.
Once the star has a good number of paint blobs on it, let your child put the salad spinner lid on. Allowing your child to be involved with every step of the activity really helps them to feel pride in their work and have ownership of the project.
As I was doing this with my 2 year old, it can be tough to get the initial spin going, so I would always help her out by getting the salad spinner moving first. Then she was more than happy to take over! This is awesome for gross motor skill development.
Now for the best part, remove the lid and see how the process has led to a really cool pattern on the star!
We repeated the process until we had three beautifully decorated stars and then set them aside to dry. Then I simply helped my daughter to glue the stars onto the jumbo craft sticks so that they transformed into magical wands.
She was so proud of her work and LOVED playing with them as wands. We had some pretty magical adventures... from being fairies to fighting dragons, the wands always helped us to save the day! And if all else fails, they make for pretty funky sunglasses too!
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