This simple activity is the perfect mixture of two favorite summer pastimes: squirt guns and painting. Water gun painting is good old messy outdoor fun. Watch the colors swirl, whirl, drip, splatter and blend with this open-ended art activity. Powdered paint gives you more vibrant hues, but you're sure to have a blast with any sort of watered-down paint.
Materials:
Water guns
Paint (liquid water colors, tempera or powdered paint)
Water
Paper or canvas
1. Fill water guns with the paint mixture. If you are using tempera paint, a 50/50 mix of water to paint works best.
2. Place a piece of paper or canvas on an easel.
3. Squirt paint onto paper. Watch as the colors mix, drip and splatter!
Kids' work is to play. WeeWork is a Mommy Poppins series offering an easy daily activity for grown-ups and children to do together, making kids' work an important part of your day. We aim to inspire together time, creativity and fun using only your imagination and things around the house. You can see all our WeeWork activity posts here.