If you love low-prep, high-joy art projects, this Animals Straw Painting Art is about to become your new classroom or kitchen-table favorite. Using everyday supplies you likely already have hiding in your cupboards, like dish soap, washable paint, and straws, kids can blow up a storm of colorful bubbles right onto their paper.
It’s a fantastic, process-art activity that lets children explore textures and color mixing, resulting in a beautiful, one-of-a-kind animal keepsake every single time.
How to Make the Animals Straw Painting Art
What you need:
- bubble solution (optional)
- washable paints or food coloring
- straws
- white cardstock
- small cups
- activity tray
- coloring supplies (markers or crayons work best)
- googly eyes (optional)
Tip: If you don’t have the bubble solution at home, you can make one yourself using dish soap and water.
Step by Step Tutorial
Prepare the cups, food coloring gel, straws, and a tray.
Place a big sheet of paper in a tray, creating the perfect canvas for your child’s unique bubble art adventure.
Place the cups on the paper. Fill each cup halfway with a bubble solution and prepare for colorful fun!
Add 3-5 drops of food coloring to each cup and a straw.
It’s time to create a magnificent burst of colors!
While the paper is still in the art tray, have the kids hold one cup over it.
Have them take a deep breath and blow into each cup through a straw.
As they blow, watch the magic unfold as vibrant bubbles overflow and pop onto the paper, leaving behind a kaleidoscope of mesmerizing colors and designs.
Quickly pat the paper dry after applying the bubbles and let it dry.
Once it’s dry, have kids turn the bubble shapes into amazing animals using crayons or markers.
Have them outline the bubble shapes using markers, then let their imagination run wild as they add fun patterns, vibrant colors, and silly googly eyes, bringing their unique bubble creatures to life.
Get ready to be wowed by their beautiful bubble animal art masterpiece!
How did your kids like making their bubble art?
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