Painting Surfaces

We all have those days when things start to feel a bit stale. It’s at moments like this that you might want to do a little brain-storming to come up with ways to do familiar things in unfamiliar ways or places.

There are so many interesting surfaces that kids can use to paint on… sometimes we all get stuck for ideas so I thought I’d list a few here with the hope you’ll find something untried… or maybe it’s not been used for awhile. So consider it a memory jogger.

Remember… this list is NOT inclusive of everything. The only limit is your imagination (or a child’s ) but consider:

construction paper

newsprint

tissue paper

tracing paper

tin foil

clear/colored acetate

wood

cardboard

shelf paper

paper table cloths

paper place mats

waxed paper

boxes

leather scraps

sand paper

power toweling

paper coffee filters

mirror

plexi-glass

paper bags

cookie sheets

meat trays – plastic, cardboard and styrofoam

table surfaces

window glass

In the Twin Cities here in Minnesota we have a wonderful shop called Art Scraps where you can get recycled materials of all kinds for cheap. Maybe you have something similar near you. It’s well worth exploring different ways to do the same old thing.

Have fun, respect each other and play well together,

--Mary K

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