TEXTURE INVESTIGATION – Exploring Paint and TextureChildren explore a variety of ways to make texture with paint by mixing it with things such as salt, coconut and hamster shavings, and applying it with different textured surfaces, then they use what they have learned to create a texture painting.
Children explore a variety of ways to make texture with paint by mixing it with things such as salt, coconut and hamster shavings, and applying it with different textured surfaces, then they use what they have learned to create a texture painting.
Supplies:
- Crayola Washable Paint
- Crayola Paintbrushes - 5 Count
- Crayola Doodle Pad - 22.9 cm x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")
- Crayola Marker & Watercolour Paper - 22.9 cm x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")
- Recycled Newspapers
- Hamster Shavings
- Table Salt
- Shredded Coconut
- Bubble Wrap
- Small Rolling Pins
- String
- Hot Glue Gun
- Hot Glue Sticks
- Paint Containers
- Paint Trays
- Masking Tape
- Paper Towels
Steps:
1
- Gather all the materials listed under MATERIALS.
- paint
- paintbrushes
- paper
- small rolling pins
- bubble wrap
- string
- hot glue gun
- hot glue sticks
- hamster shavings
- table salt
- shredded coconut
- paint trays
- paint containers
2
Set up Texture Investigation Centre
- Mix 3 separate containers of texture paint.
- salt + paint
- shredded coconut + paint
- hamster shavings + paint
3
- Place the texture paints, bubble wrap, rolling pins, paint trays and newsprint on the centre table.
4
- Invite students to investigate and explore with the materials on a piece of paper.
- Encourage them to create an artwork using the textures.
5
- Invite children to share their work and talk about what they discovered in the centre.
Subjects:
Language Arts,
Science,
Visual Arts
Grades:
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
Grade 1
