Aluminum Foil Meteor Painting Process Art for Toddlers and Preschool
This week (and next as well) Little M.
and I are learning all about outer space. You can check out the
Paper Towel Roll Telescope Craft that I posted yesterday. Today's
activity was a fun process art activity that is great for toddlers
and preschoolers of all levels of fine motor development.
Additionally, it uses fun novel art materials that your child is sure
to love using (Who doesn't like the crinkle of aluminum foil?)
Here's What Your Child Will Need to
Make This Process Art Activity:
- aluminum foil
- non toxic washable white (or another color) paint
- black construction paper
That's It!
Before starting this activity we read
the book Meteors from National Geographic. It is very interesting
with gorgeous photographs, however it requires a fairly high
listening comprehension and attention span (I would recommend it for
four and up or younger children with a strong interest in all things
space). If your curious about more great books about space, check
out our roundup of Our Favorite Space Books.
First, I tore off a piece of aluminum
foil. I asked Little M. if she would be interested in crumpling the
foil into a meteor shape, and she enthusiastically agreed. She
crumpled the foil into a little ball. The more compactly you (or
your child) crumple(s) the ball, the more meteor-like the print will
look. We ended up making a total of two meteors. You could make
meteors of various sizes by using larger or smaller pieces of
aluminum foil.
Pour a little bit of paint unto a
plastic container lid or some other flat lipped surface (a paper
plate would work too). Let your toddler or preschooler experiment
with dipping the foil “meteor” into the paint and stamping it
onto the paper. They might load up their meteor with paint every
time they stamp or they might stamp a few times each time they load
it with paint creating an effect of having various shades of the
paint color. This is a really great activity for open exploration
for curious kids!
Little M. had a blast with this
activity and ended up making several creations. It is always fun
doing an easy process art activity that utilizes unconventional
materials such as aluminum foil. Because this activity requires very
little fine motor skill, even very small children can enjoy doing it
independently.
Need another fun process art activity
like this one? Check out Drawing with Sound or our other process art activities.
Thank you for reading our meteor
stamping process art activity for preschoolers and toddlers. If you
enjoyed this feel free to share it with your friends on social media
or by leaving a comment below (we'd love to hear from you)! Let us
know if you enjoyed this activity or how you learn about meteors with
your children.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteThis information is very interesting. I like your blog because the content was really impressive.Thank you for giving much of information. lp mailers
ReplyDelete