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Think Outside the Toy Box Summer Series: Paper Cup Painting
I admit, I am super excited about this week’s item. I am a big fan of art projects and am always looking for the next masterpiece to display in my office. So when the Think Outside the Toy Box Summer Series challenge popped up with paper cups as the next creative project, I immediately thought it’s time to paint! I present to you, my mini artists-in-the-making, with Paper Cup Painting!
I always like to have canvases on hand to do major art projects a couple of times a year. They’re not always cheap, so I keep an eye out for sales or make sure to clip a Michaels discount coupon. The boys are pretty young, so I generally stick to washable paint for my own sanity, although it doesn’t cover as well and being washable means that I need to take care to not put finished items where they can get wet or otherwise damaged.
Painting is always a big hit for my kids and they’re mostly used to finger painting or using a brush. I was super excited to incorporate shapes and stamping with this project and they just loved seeing what the paper cup could create. They used the tops and bottoms and even started swirling and spreading the cups for different effects. Then somebody went “It’s a caterpillar!” and the project took on a whole new meaning with mommy adding eyes, antennae and legs to their creations. Finish it out with a couple of hand prints and these newest masterpieces are bringing a whole new level of awesome to my office. The boys loved every minute!
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| Be sure to spread the paint a bit so it can cover the cup. |
J started out very methodical, and very carefully chose placement for his circles, while B was more creative in his approach and tried different methods to get different results with the cups.
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| B – Caterpillar Lover and Texture Explorer |
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| J – Methodical Starter and Rogue Smearer |
It’s Monday!! You know what that means…it’s time for another Think Outside the Toy Box Summer Series challenge! This week…Kool-Aid. Last week, I thought I hit the bottom of the barrel as far as low cost, spending less than $6 on an afternoon of family fun with Paper Bag Maracas, but I blew it out of the water this week! Kool-Aid was on sale at Target for $2. I already had the rest of my supplies, so $2 and we were ready to go! Time to get messy and creative with Kool-Aid Sprinkle Art.
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becka
July 21, 2014 at 11:02 am
Those turned out so cute. I like the colorful hand prints! They both did a great job!
Katy Blevins
July 22, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Thanks Becka! I have them up in my office and every time I walk in, I smile. They did such a great job and I love how different they are.
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Carie Spence
July 21, 2014 at 1:16 pm
What fun! I even think my kids would enjoy this and they are a little older. I may just have to try it with them! Thank you for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest board.
Katy Blevins
July 22, 2014 at 12:29 pm
Thank you Carie! Much appreciated.
Madaline
July 21, 2014 at 3:46 pm
This looks like such a fun project!!! I love how the personalities of each boy really came out – it’s so interesting to see how children approach things so differently…
Katy Blevins
July 22, 2014 at 12:27 pm
Isn’t it? Despite my OCD, I am really starting to love these “free range” art projects that allow them to explore their creativity in their own unique ways.
Julie @ Don't Lick Your Sister
July 23, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Love this and love that my 1 and 3 year old will also be able to easily do it and love it too!
April
July 28, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Love this series, for real. We haven’t made anything with paper cups, so I can’t link up. The artwork created by your kids is so cool. I don’t know if Bee would actually do much with it, but I can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing.
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