Big Art
Easter
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Get your toddler active & boost their creativity with this Easter egg rolling painting using plastic eggs (no worries, not the real ones!). Add in rolling ball painting for any time of year!
It’s sometimes hard to do a toddler art activity when all they do is just sit and create. Henry is particularly this way. That’s why big art is my favorite kind of art.
Big art, to me, is any kind of art that involves movement to make it. Burning off some energy while making something pretty!
This egg rolling painting is a great example of Big Art! And it’s perfect for toddlers and preschoolers and it’s lots of fun!
I decided to take this big art activity outside. It took Henry awhile to get into it.
At first, he only wanted to play with his dump truck and stack the paints in it.
Egg Rolling Painting: Movement + Creativity for Easter
I started by showing him what we’d do to spark some interest. That got Henry to join me soon after.
This art activity was inspired by Tinkerlab’s Rolling Easter Egg Painting and Teaching 2 and 3 Year Old’s Cars Down Ramp in Paint. But, Henry created and played with the paints in his own way.
I set out 4 containers and put a blob of paint in each. Henry rolled the plastic Easter eggs (along with a ball) in the paint to get them nice and covered.
I laid out a piece of cardboard on our sidewalk (which is slanted). I taped a couple of pieces of butcher paper on the cardboard.
Henry rolled the paint dipped eggs down the paper. The eggs usually needed some pushing to keep them moving.
The egg rolling process was fun! We never knew where the Easter egg would go… Each paint path it made was different from the previous one.
Egg rolling painting for the win!
Why not try it with other objects we have around?
We added balls this time as well. But you can also do this inside in a cardboard box with a piece of cardstock in the bottom of your box (bonus, cut into holiday shapes!).
You could use marbles, plastic toys or even real eggs. See what fun ways you can make new textures!
Egg Rolling to Rolling Ball Painting
If you don’t have an plastic eggs to do egg rolling painting, then you can just use any balls you have lying around (I don’t know about you, but we tend to have them all over…).
Henry like to kick his ball down the paper while painting!
The design the ball we had added a lot of interest because of the circles. Henry said that a couple of the paint circles the ball made looked like glasses!
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This was a very messy activity, so I do recommend doing it outside.
Henry’s clothes ended up covered in paint (take precautions with the 10 ways to keep messy play clean). I cannot stress how much I love Crayola Washable Paints (affiliate link)!
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Deb says
A lot of fun! Thank you!
Portia says
Thank you that was fantastic.
Brooke (siayla) says
How fun! Shared here http://siayla.blogspot.ca/2014/02/got-paint-try-painting-with-out-typical.html
Debie says
A less messy version of this activity would be to put a piece of paper inside the bottom of a shoe box or plastic storage bin and have the kids hold the box with the egg inside and move the box around to roll the egg around the paper. My daughter used to do this with golf balls. Probably not as fun, but also not as messy.
Joyce @Dinosaurs And Octopuses says
I found this particular post through Pinterest and instantly knew we had to do this. We changed it a little to be more seasonal and used pumpkins, primarily. I linked back to this wonderful post and I want to say thank you for inspiring us. We had so much fun with this today. It was a ridiculous amount of fun. I'm also going to link this to this weeks Playtime linky. Thanks!
Kids craft ideas says
Great summer activity for kids… love it, thanks for sharing
Art For Little Hands says
Had to feature this one on my blog! Not only is it super fun, but the pictures are so inviting.
Art For Little Hands says
What an awesome idea! I love your pictures too. They are priceless. He is a cute guy. I want to see the final product in a frame. I need to take more art products outside. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing.
LocalFunForKids says
Very smart idea to do this one outside! Mess = Fun. ; ) Thanks for linking up with Fun for Kids Friday!Heather br />PreschoolBuddy.com
Christie - Childhood 101 says
Love the kicking photo, what fantastic fun :)
Busy Brissy Mum says
Oooh messy, colourful fun!
GianneCurry says
I love this ssooooooo much! What a great way to recycle on earth Day. We'll be doing this soon! cowsgomooandducksgoquack.blogspot.com
Jillian says
What a fun idea! I just know my messy M would love to get paint balls rolling!
pyjamaschool says
Fantastic idea, I love it!
The Education Of Ours says
We did this last summer with little bounce balls! What a colorful mess :)
http://educationofours.blogspot.com/2010/07/bouncey-ball-painting.html
maryanne @ mama smiles says
Crayola washable paints are the best! What a fun twist on the traditional Easter egg roll!
Melissa @ The Chocolate Muffin Tree says
Hi Jamie!
I nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award!
Check it out on my site:
http://thechocolatemuffintree.blogspot.com/2011/04/versatile-blogger-award.html
rachelle @ tinkerlab says
The kicked egg and ball version is so much fun!! It never occurred to me to kick the eggs — probably not as fun for cleaning up, but the process is incredible. I love those moments when children take an idea and run in their own direction with it. And I agree with Melissa – your photos are gorgeous. Thanks for linking back to me :)
Melissa @ The Chocolate Muffin Tree says
This is Awesome! Looks like he had a lot of FUN! We did some Easter Egg Paint Rolling too! My daughter Loved it! This is definitely a boy's way to approach this! Though my daughter would enjoy the kicking too…Great pics!