Make Monday: String Painting Techniques!

While I was in 4-H in high school, I entered this child development project featuring home made recipes for kids play activities. To add to the display, I decorated the front cover of my report splattering paint all over the title page. Tapping the paint brush to drip dots one by one of yellow, red, and blue paint, the cover sheet turned into a delightful, original painting.

This last week, Judah and I got the finger paints out once again. He really enjoys creating with his hands, especially getting the dirty and smearing different shades of colors all over the paper. This time though, I added a new painting technique using a string for a similar effect to the paint splatters.

Putting bright and bold colors of washable finger paint onto a paper plate, we took some cording (used for sewing) and dragged it through the piles of paint. We then lifted the string to the paper and again dragged it around on the paper making lines of color. The cording also added an extra dimension to the line like little beads. Judah enjoyed this new technique to use with the paints. He dragged the string back and forth, around in circles, and even added a hand print for good measure!

Remember the sky is the limit to painting techniques. Trying new effects stimulates creativity and originality. And we also now have some really cool wrapping paper to use for future gifts!

Happy Painting!