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How to Create an Amazing Blow Painting with Straws

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Are you looking for some new process art activities for preschoolers?  Why not try blow painting with straws.

Blow painting with straws is an exciting and creative process art project for kids. Your kids will love these straw blown paintings!. Straw painting is an easy art project for kids in preschool, pre-k or a home. Make monsters, ocean coral, germs, peacock or just let them create open-ended art. Paint on canvas or paper....includes ideas for experimenting.

Blow painting is an exciting activity for kids, it provides some great opportunities for experimentation, and the resulting artwork is really amazing.  This is a process art activity that is truly frame-worthy.

Materials and Supplies Needed

Here are some materials that you will need before you begin making blow paintings.

Blow painting with straws is an exciting and creative process art project for kids. Your kids will love these straw blown paintings!. Straw painting is an easy art project for kids in preschool, pre-k or a home. Make monsters, ocean coral, germs, peacock or just let them create open-ended art. Paint on canvas or paper....includes ideas for experimenting.

  • tempera paint
  • straws
  • a push pin
  • paper
  • a dropper or pipette
  • small containers to hold paint

Prepare the Straws

Before you begin, you will probably want to prepare your straws by poking a hole in them with a push pin.  This will help prevent kids from sucking up the paint into their mouths.

Instructions for Painting

Dilute the tempera paint a bit so that it will flow more easily when kids blow it.  Use small plastic containers to store a few different colors of paint.

Show kids how to squeeze paint into a pipette and release a drop or two onto the paper.

Blow painting with straws is an exciting and creative process art project for kids. Your kids will love these straw blown paintings!. Straw painting is an easy art project for kids in preschool, pre-k or a home. Make monsters, ocean coral, germs, peacock or just let them create open-ended art. Paint on canvas or paper....includes ideas for experimenting.

Now, your kids can blow air through a straw to move the paint around on the paper.  Add more paint as needed.

Blow painting with straws is an exciting and creative process art project for kids. Your kids will love these straw blown paintings!. Straw painting is an easy art project for kids in preschool, pre-k or a home. Make monsters, ocean coral, germs, peacock or just let them create open-ended art. Paint on canvas or paper....includes ideas for experimenting.

Extensions and Experiments

Here are some ideas for creative experimenting:

Blow painting with straws is an exciting and creative process art project for kids. Your kids will love these straw blown paintings!. Straw painting is an easy art project for kids in preschool, pre-k or a home. Make monsters, ocean coral, germs, peacock or just let them create open-ended art. Paint on canvas or paper....includes ideas for experimenting.

  • Discuss what happens when colors mix
  • Experiment with different types of paint
  • Does it make a difference if you add bubbles to the paint?
  • What happens when you change the angle of the straw?
  • Do you notice a change when you blow hard or blow softly?

I hope that you and your kids enjoy blow painting with straws.  You may also enjoy some of these additional art activities too.

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