::: our ‘tall painting’
Back in February, our lovey friend Cat’ sent Donna a link to a ‘Tall Painting’ video she found on the ‘Poppytalk Blog‘. Once we watched this video we knew it was something we wanted to try.
The video soon started traveling through Facebook and Teacher Tom and his children had a go at ‘Tall Painting’ as did Amy and the children from Child Central Station as well as the gang from PepperPaints.
Over the recent school holiday we were visiting Peter and Gary at Resource Rescue when we discovered these half empty sample pots of house paint which we hoped would be perfect for the job.
While we were there we picked up some wood, paper and a large circle of cardboard and we were very excited to give it a go.
Yesterday the weather was ideal for painting outside so we invited a couple of our young friends to come over and play. We divided up the paints into smaller containers and the only instruction we gave the children was …
pour the paint onto the top of the wood …
and watch what happens!
While Donna took photo’s and Sherry refilled the paint pots …
the children took it in turns to pour …
and pour …
and pour!
For three and four year olds, their hand eye coordination was fantastic!
We think it probably had something to do with the fact that they were SO engaged in what they were doing! …
They took great delight in the patterns they were creating …
as well as discovering interesting pictures in the paint …
like this love heart …
feathers,
a monsters face …
even Barkley the dog, from Sesame Street.
We found the water based house paint was the perfect consistency for this project …
and the result was …
simply irresistible!
You can check out more of our ‘Tall Painting’ photos on our Facebook page.
Tags: block of wood, house paint, patterns
Thanks for the linky love
. I simply cannot get enough of this idea! I love that the house paint works….. (Now a scary look into how my mind works….. I wonder how a house would look painted like this… hmmmn 
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::: We like the way you think Amy. Perhaps you could start with the chimney OR the letter box! … hee … hee … hee!
I can’t get enough of this. Every time I see someone doing it, I get more excited about doing it, too. We’re pouring this summer. I can wait!
::: We’re REALLY looking forward to seeing it Scott … Make sure you let us know about it!
Stunning photos of the tall paintings! Fabulous change in perspective for the children to experiment and explore. I am loving seeing a number of bloggers/educators share their different versions of these tall paintings
::: Thanks Jeanne and what we love about everybody sharing their ‘tall paintings’ is that they are all so very different … Just gorgeous!
FANTASTIC!
Love the photos too!
I am certain they had fun with this activity!
Kerri
::: Lots and lots of fun Kerri!
Aw man, now I really have to visit Oz! When I get leftover house paint in the US it’s always bland colors like eggshell, taupe, beige and white. What wonderfully beautiful houses you must have down there!
I like that you made it a group project. We’ve only done individuals ones. Hope you post some photos of it dry as well!
::: Funnily enough Tom we thought the colours we had were going to be very boring but they turned out GREAT! If it ever does dry well post some photos. It’s still outside and the weather is pretty chilly at the moment but we’ll let you know.
Wow! Looks amazing. We have heaps of large wood offcuts that we got at reverse garbage and I am so going to try this out next week so I can do it outside before the weather gets too cold. The ones we have are a variety of sqaure and also rounded and curved, will be interesting to see the difference in how the paint moves.
::: Sounds great Kate! Please let us know how it goes.
SO Awesome! Jackson Pollack had to of done this too! He would pour paint directly out of cans to paint with! We need to do this soon! Thanks!
::: We’d love to know when you do Melissa!
This came out GORGEOUS! And you’re right — your children have incredible hand-eye coordination! I have a stash of paint in the garage, and a paint store near our house that sells seconds for a couple dollars. Looks like a fun birthday party activity to me.
::: Ooooh Rachelle what a great idea. We’d love to see pics when you’ve tried it!
it is BEAUTIFUL! i’m going to do this next week!
::: Thanks Kristin … Have fun with it and please let us know how you go!
I popped by at about 7 am yesterday looking for a salt dough recipe and caught a glimpse of this post and my heart fluttered. I didn’t have time to to write a comment but I couldn’t stop thinking about the brilliant pictures I had seen. I am so impressed and so inspired. I wonder if you could colour left over house paint with edicol dye or something of the like???
::: Bianca I think it would certainly be interesting to see if you could colour the paint. Please let us know how you go if you do!
BTW Here’s that salt dough recipe you were looking for … http://www.playbasedlearning.com.au/2009/10/salt-ceramic-chickens/
oh girls! impressive! love that you felt inspired and went for it – the results are amazing. x
::: Thanks for the inspiration Cat‘!
It looks as though you poured the paint onto paper… did your paper rip at all or did it all stick to the thicker cardboard base?
::: Bianca the paper didn’t rip. In fact the paint didn’t go through the paper. Our biggest problem is it is still outside on the verandah and as the weather is cool I doubt it will ever dry. It’s more likely to become a bug and leaf trap before it does!
Thanks for stopping by Dilly-Dali Art! I love that you used house paint, the possibilities are endless! There are so many different paint finishes…I’m itching to try metallic paint…oooooh model paint would be awesome too! Although a bit more fume-y than house paint…might be a special project just for Momma!
Yours are gorgeous!
::: Thanks Aleacia …Like you WE think a bit of adult fun is in order for this project too!
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I love it! So glad to have been directed to this page. xo thanks so much
::: Thank you Rachael!
Oh man, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! Can’t wait to show it to my teachers at TAFE, so we can try it at playgroup! This will look so good on my collection of resources assessment
Has it dried yet?
::: Alana, this was so awesome to make … The children LOVED it! Yes it has dried although the paper didn’t survive as we left it outside BUT the piece of timber is gorgeous!
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I’m off in search of paint for this project tomorrow – I understand you can buy water based acrylic house paint and think that this might be the go for colouring. Are you able to let me know roughly how much paint you used????
::: Bianca we used the small sample pots which we picked up from Resourse Rescue. Basically you could use as much or as little as you like and we used half a dozen colours … Does that help?
thank you so much.
Love the idea. I am going to try with my two year olds
::: It was so much fun Smitha … ENJOY!
