Van Gogh has an art piece “Starry Night” that is a great way to introduce even the youngest of children to art.
*This idea is from Messy Little Monster and The Imagination Tree.
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By simply showing toddlers and preschoolers photos of the piece and then giving them the tools to replicate it is beneficial in showing little ones that art is a creative process anybody can love. Talk about the colors mixing (Blue and yellow make what? Green!), what the sparkles represent (stars, of course), and how the paint feels cold and wet (ewww!).
You can even throw in additional information about how the wax paper painting transfers to the canvas (how cool is that!) and how everybody’s starry night looks different (just like we all look different)!
Have fun with this simple activity that will inevitably leave your kids smiling in pride of their very own masterpieces.
Supplies:
- Wax paper or tinfoil
- Washable fingerpaint in blue, white, and gold
- Canvas, canvas board, poster board (I used 12×12 canvas boards.)
Directions:
First, the kids should spread blue paint out all over the wax paper.
Second, squirt white paint onto their wax paper for them to mix in.
Then, add gold paint for the kids to lightly incorporate.
Finally, turn the right side of their canvas onto the wax paper and press down. When the kids pull up the canvas boards, they will have their own versions of Starry Night by van Gogh on their canvases!
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Kids LOVE to finger paint! For more finger painting fun, try this Monet finger painting activity!
*For little ones who don’t like to have even the tiniest speck of paint on their fingers, squirt paint directly onto the canvas, cover the canvas with the wax paper and let the kids spread the paint around through the wax paper. Mess free painting!
Van Gogh is just one of many iconic artists. Check out some more ideas for Seurat, Monet, Kandinsky, Matisse, and Picasso!
