Get the fireworks started before the Fourth of July
with an explosive kids’ art activity! I’ve said this before, but I’m not a fan
of using food for art (unless you get to eat it afterwards). But, at the same
time food-based art is a safer way to create for young children who are very
much into putting everything in their mouths. To pacify my own get up on a
soapbox self, I like to do a swap up in which I donate a canned or boxed item
to the food bank box at my grocery store in exchange for wasting (in this case
a handful of blueberries). It’s also a good lesson or my son on helping others.
I knew that I wanted to use red and blue berries to
create patriotic art, but wasn’t entirely sure how. After starring at the
berries on some white paper, my 12-year-old son (who is apparently already
bored of his summer vacation) started squishing them. So, now we have exploding
berry firework art. The result: An abstract almost watercolor-like Jackson
Pollock-esque artwork! As a bonus, you (and your child) can certainly get some
aggression out while exploding the berries onto paper.
Here’s What You’ll Need:
·
Blueberries
·
Red berries – I used strawberry tops, but
you could also use raspberries.
·
White paper
Here’s What You’ll Do:
1. Pick
and prep your work area. These are bright berries that are exploding – so, don’t
have your child do this project over your white area rug or next to your white
walls. I used I piece of thick foam core board underneath the paper to protect
the table, but you could also use a garbage bag or inexpensive vinyl table
cloth. The berry juice may travel through the air, so you’ll need to protect
the area from right under your child’s paper to a few feet away on all sides.
2. Set
a berry, or two, onto the center of the white paper.
3. Pound
the berries. Have your child make a fist. She can then squish the berries and
make her own Fourth of July firework art.
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What a great (& easy!) idea! I'll have to try this with my kids!!
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