spin art
you spin me right round, baby right round… what a flashback i had today to my own childhood artistic joys. i remember being at a carnival when i was probably around N’s age and discovering the joys of spin art!
we received this alex fantastic spinner
i realize that this could totally be a great DIY activity, deeming the product absolutely unnecessary, and i say go for it if you’re a person who has a salad spinner to spare, some empty squirty bottles, and some tempra or acrylic paints (that you may want to water down a bit.) but i am not a person with a spare salad spinner (or even a salad spinner at all) unfortunately. therefore, this was a fun gift to receive for myself N.
we both had a great time! mostly, i hand-powered the machine while she squirted the paint wherever she wanted…. though we took turns a couple of times where she powered the spinner and i squirted the colors.
there were many little ooooohs and aaaaahs each time the spinner stopped and N saw her creation.
each of them lovely bursting rainbows!
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Hello!
I’ve just found your blog. It’s fantastic! Plenty of wonderful ideas for kids, and so creative!
Many thanks for sharing all these artistIC experience with us.
My daughter (she’s 5 now) is anxious to try many of your art projects. As soon as we tray any of them, I’ll show it on my blog.
A hug for you two!
That one brings back memories, my favorite! Karen
Sippy Cup Central
Too fun! I wonder if that would work in a Salad Spinner?! I was thinking about doing that the other day when I was mixing up a yummy nut and cranberry vineageratte salad. =)
Anyway, I thought I would share this idea with you: http://cowsgomooandducksgoquack.blogspot.com/2010/07/watercolormasking-tape-resist.html
Seems right up your alley… =)
Gianne
yes, gianne. it does work in a salad spinner, as i said in the blog above. though unfortunately i don’t have a salad spinner myself. try it out and let me know how it goes – that is, if you’re willing to sacrifice your spinner.
i love masking tape resist with watercolors. we did it last summer this way:
http://paintcutpaste.com/the-initial-reveal/
try it with rubber cement (ventilated) as well:
http://paintcutpaste.com/rubber-cement-masking/
so fun, they turned out beautifully!
how fun-and the results look great! “You spin me right round baby right round”.
love love love alex toys! i need to get one of these for my guys!
Each picture looks quite different. Some lines look straight where as others seem curved. It would be fascinating.
I saw this done on television with a salad spinner. They just dropped a blob of paint in and it just sat there but still the presenters talked about the paint spinning round and round. It was really funny.
A lazy susan would be good for this too.