Popping Polkadots

Since I'm a Polkadot about to POP! This week we decided to do "Popping Polkadot Art!" My little man is not an eager artist, so I have to get creative with how I expose him to things arty.

So, we started with Popping Bubbles! We filled three small bowls with a tablespoon(ish) of liquid detergent in about 1 1/2 cups of water and three different food colourings. (If you are finding the colour is not leaving a very strong colour behind once popped onto the paper then add some more colouring.) We put a straw into each bowl and I challenged Ashton to see how high he could make the bubbles go. We then got our piece of paper and squashed the bubbles under it and the colouring from each bubble popping would make a print on the page. Ashton thought this was pretty cool and loved the pattern it left behind.

Ashton loves to blow bubbles at any chance he can get so he was very excited about this activity and actually asked to do it multiple times throughout the day and the rest of the week.

Next, we did Popping Balloons! This was a little more prep work, but very exciting when we finally got to do it! I watered down some poster paints and using a funnel, poured the paints into the balloons and blew them up. After I'd stuck the balloons and some sheets of paper to a tarpaulin we took it all outside! I then gave Ashton a big poster pin and told him to start popping. He was keen for the first pop, but then the paint exploding everywhere and gave him a bit of a fright. After the initial fright wore off he became quite intrigued with the paint splatters and loved imitating the sound of the balloon popping! I thought it was pretty fun!

As we walked inside to get cleaned up Ashton looked down at his legs and said, "Look mum, i got pretty legs!" And he did indeed ... the balloon popping splats had left quite the work of art on his legs, and my hands. . .  and our faces! LOL

We had a great time exploring these new forms of art, and popping everything pop-able in sight! Now there is only one thing left to pop and that is ME! 5 weeks to go! SO EXCITED!!! Watch this space! I promise to post photos!

What to do with your child's art work??? (This is what we like to do...)

• Take photos of each of his masterpieces and upload them to Snapfish.com and make a photobook compilation of all of his work. For the pieces that he was more involved in I include photos of the process he went through to create his final piece and write a little story to go with it.
• Keep the work in a folder and use it to make homemade cards for his friends and family's birthdays.
• Have a clipboard frame that you can rotate his latest masterpiece on. Keep it on display in the house until a new piece of artwork is ready to take its place! (This is an old picture frame painted to go with your home's decor with a little clip screwed in at the top. You can see an example of this here on my Pinterest page!)

What do you like to do with your children's art work? I'm always looking for new ideas!!!