Activity: Fly Swatter Painting

 

You Will Need:

• Washable paint
• A clean fly swatter
• Large sheets of paper
• A baking sheet, paper plates, or other surface to pour the paint on

Instructions: 

1.      Step 1: Pour some of the paint into the baking sheet, paper plate, or other surface.

2.      Step 2: Place the large pieces of paper on the ground in an area where the paint won’t get on anything else, or hang the paper up outside.

3.      Step 3: Have your child or children take turns painting with the fly swatter! They can either swat the paint onto the paper or find other creative ways to put the paint onto the paper.

What kind of cool shapes can you make with the paint splatter? Try different ways of painting with the fly swatter. What changes?