Squish painting

Try this easy folded paper painting process art project. Kids of all ages will love making a fun squish painting!

Symmetry Squish Painting Process Art. Fun painting project for preschoolers, kindergartners, or elementary students to combine math and art.

Foldover Squish Paintings--a classic. Use small squeeze bottles full of paint and squeeze some paint onto paper, fold it in half and SQUISH, open the paper to reveal your design.

Here is an easy project that is fun and educational. It uses the three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. It involves symmetry, painting, printing, and color theory. I love seeing the looks on the faces of children who try this for the first time! Here is an example of the project: Materials: 1. Paper, preferably 12x12 inches or larger, and preferably white or lightly colored. (See notes below directions.) 2. Tempera paint in red, yellow, and blue. 3. Ruler, credit card, or whatever you…

I don't know what it is lately (maybe it's third trimester pregnancy), but messes around the house put me in such a grumpy mood these days. (That's not to say that there AREN'T messes, I'm just not very good natured about them :-) So when I remembered that unopened package of finger paints that craftprojectideas.com had sent me a while back, I felt a little tempted to send it back into hiding. But then I remembered a fun idea I had seen on someone's blog a while back (can't remember who…

Try this easy folded paper painting process art project. Kids of all ages will love making a fun squish painting!

This was a very fun experiment I did with my 6th graders yesterday. I call it Squish Painting. Basically, this is an experiment in color mixing. They take a scoop of paint and put it on their paper, place the wax paper on top, and squish the colors together until the whole background is filled up. And you may be thinking this is a bit too young for 6th grade. Yes, it probably is, but I was looking for a fun way to add color to the background of their paper so we can do more surface work next…

Butterfly squish art is a fun process art activity for kids which can help to teach them about pattern and symmetry. It's easy and fun for all ages and makes a lovely wall art display for Spring. Printable template included.

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