I’ve recently noticed that my darling Duckman is quite artistically inclined, which is something I wasn’t prepared for. Rooster, although he does enjoy art when he does it, he rarely seeks it out. Duckie on the other hand draws on everything, I am trying to teach him, with out much luck, that we only draw on paper, however he is rather free spirited and draws wherever and on what ever takes his fancy. Yesterday I discovered a master piece on our newly laid timber floor, thankfully it was done in pencil and will be easily removed.
So with this new realisation, my February goal of more kid art and some one on one time with Duckie now Rooster is at school we embarked on balloon printing.
This is so simply and such fun.
All you need is
balloons
paint
a small cup or bowl to hold the paint
goggle eyes (optional)
markers
First of all you need to blow up the balloon, not too big as it needs to be easily handled by little hands and it also needs to fit into the bowl of paint.
Add some paint to your bowl.
Dip the balloon into the paint and press it onto some paper.
It does slip around so you need to be firm.
We placed the eyes on while the paint was wet so that they stuck once the paint was dry.
You don’t need to use eyes, you could just draw them on.
Once the paint is dry use the markers to add personality.
Easy peasy isn’t it?
I am totally in love with the tie-dyed effect of this printing, and the texture of it. I think it would make some pretty rad wrapping paper.
Little Duckie had a great time. Watching his creativity is super awesome. He turned his prints into a mixed media collage with the addition of some washi tape.