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This was an easy summer project, we put out pie plates full of paint in different colors and unrolled some cheap roll paper from IKEA, holding it down with rocks. Oh, and warned the kids that it was going to be slippery, please don’t crack your skulls open on the driveway! Seriously, I considered handing out bicycle helmets.
Some of them wanted to get their feet messy right away, and some of them took a little time to warm up to the idea, but I think everyone had fun, and no one got hurt! Yay!
We ended up with two banners, and after they dried I rolled them up and put them with the wrapping paper. You can’t see it very well in the picture, but we used a good amount of sparkly paint mixed in with the plain, which gave the whole thing a little bit more of a shiny wrapping paper look. This would be a great summer project to quickly stock up your holiday wrapping paper. 🙂 The previous circle painting project is another great wrapping paper project, but I sent those home with friends.
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Add Yours →Love the idea of adding in sparkly paint!
It definitely made it more shiny and gift-wrapish.
This is such a good idea! I’ve put out rolls of wallpaper on the grass before but didn’t think of them using their feet… it’s funny though, like you say, my kids take a while to get their heads round the idea of getting covered in paint, which I find really weird… found you through The Crafty Crow 🙂
We have a wide spectrum in our art playgroup, my daughter is always asking me if she can please paint herself, but there are others who take a lot of coaxing if they will get messy at all. 🙂
There are so many different things you can paint with, my favorite for big paper is probably pantyhose with a toe full of beans! I should link that, buy I’m on my phone.
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Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
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