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 as a gift a while back, and i just pulled it out for the first time today. this is a great set – it comes with the hand-powered (kid-powered!) spinner machine, papers, cards, and red, yellow, green, and blue paint in squirty tubes.

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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07.27

2010


by jen
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  • http://www.depapeldechocolate.wordpress.com ligoacoma

    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!
    :)

  • http://sippycupcentralmom.blogspot.com karen

    That one brings back memories, my favorite! Karen
    Sippy Cup Central

  • http://cowsgomooandducksgoquack.blogspot.com Gianne

    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

  • jen

    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/

  • http://tinytwistcreative.com . tiny twist creative .

    so fun, they turned out beautifully!

  • http://www.mommyteacher123.com/ Briana

    how fun-and the results look great! “You spin me right round baby right round”. :)

  • http://www.landofpleasantliving5.blogspot.com dana

    love love love alex toys! i need to get one of these for my guys!

  • http://bilbified.blogspot.com Kristine

    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.