Last week I did a post on Exploring Yucky Worms and ended the post with the idea of painting with real worms! I didn't think it was humane to paint with real worms and I am very surprised people have actually painted with them! This is a continuation of that post. We painted with spaghetti and had Great fun with this process and the pictures prove it! And, No these are not real worms here!!!
Here is Cassie shaking the spaghetti around the paper! At times the spaghetti didn't move around very easily so Cassie was determined and started using her whole body in the process!!! What great exercise for a busy preschooler!
Cassie decided to pick up the spaghetti with tongs so it would move around a little better. This seemed to do the trick!
To begin this endeavor of painting with spaghetti worms, I had to cook up some spaghetti because we had no leftover spaghetti!!! When the spaghetti was cool, I put four colors of tempera paint in containers deep enough for the spaghetti to be covered.
Cassie was quite intrigued with idea of putting spaghetti in paint and wondered if we were going to eat it! Here is Cassie mixing up the spaghetti and paint with a popsicle stick. She thought this was a riot and was laughing at times!
Here is our spaghetti covered in paint ready for painting. It looked pretty cool I have to admit!
I put paper to fit in a box lid and put tape underneath so it wouldn't move around. You could use a tray or pan too. I gave Cassie some tongs to pick up the spaghetti because she didn't want her hands dirty!
Cassie first put all the colors of spaghetti on the paper and then was ready to shake the box back and forth.
Here is Cassie shaking the spaghetti around the paper! At times the spaghetti didn't move around very easily so Cassie was determined and started using her whole body in the process!!! What great exercise for a busy preschooler!
Cassie decided to pick up the spaghetti with tongs so it would move around a little better. This seemed to do the trick!
Here is Cassie's finished spaghetti worm painting!
I decided to try out this project and it was the first time doing this! I enjoyed it too!
I think the Artist Jackson Pollock would have enjoyed this process too!
By: Jackson Pollock
Artist Jackson Pollock mostly did splatter painting by swinging his paint brush around. He also used egg beaters, sticks, poured paint directly out of the can, and I'm sure so much more we don't know!
Maybe next we'll try egg beaters, sticks, and pour painting!
What items could you paint with besides a brush???
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Wow, it looks so artistic! And must had been great fun!
ReplyDeleteworm painting! I am so glad you did it and it does look like Pollock. Very cool.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed seeing Cassie problem solve her way through this fun sensory/art project.
I think I'd also want to use tongs! This is a good alternative, and would help those kids who don't want to touch the painty spaghetti. :)
The paintings do look good also - very abstract. And of course she could use so many different colour combinations to create different effects - like your flower suncatchers, with warm tones, or cool tones, etc.
This was fun to see!
Brenda
I love-love the end result, and using tongs in the end is brilliant. Now I am thinking of doing it on a small canvas and framing it.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun and a great follow up activity to all that worm fun! :-)
ReplyDeleteHa! My daughter would have used tongs too! This looks like so much fun, and yes, it does remind me of Pollack's style too. Love it!!
ReplyDeleteLove that it was fun enough for you to make your own! I'm surprised people would use actual worms-don't they breathe through their skin?
ReplyDeleteDid dandelions today. Picked one and brought it in for the kids to look at and talk about. Then used a cotton ball to make the yellow flower part and a marker for the stem! Came out really cute! Wonder how it might have worked if we used the actual dandelion to paint with!
ReplyDeletei will most definitely go and vote for you. also i just wanted you to know that i just did a post for my elementary art class about good sources for child directed art. i used this project as an example and gave everyone your addy. so you may see some new heads poking in :) andie @ http://crayonfreckles.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThey really do look like wriggly worms.... and I love the comparison to Jackson Pollard - always fabulous to show children things from the artists world and get them interest. Perfect!
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting Kids Get Crafty again!
Maggy
Oh. My. Goodness. I hadn't thought about spaghetti painting in ages. Who. Flashback.
ReplyDeleteThese looks glorious. so vibrant and colorful. I'll have to cook up some soon!
i am so delighted to find your blog. it's full of great ideas i can adapt for my two year old. thank you. keep them coming. i'll be checking in!
ReplyDeleteFab fun! I love the process and the end result too. (I wonder if Jackson used real worms?!)
ReplyDeletea great project to remember when you've got some left over spaghetti that isn't quite edible! thanks so much for sharing this and all your great projects on Craft Schooling Sunday!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! :) It's totally fun and result is looking great!
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing! Another great idea!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like it would be great fun, but actually, it is quite difficult. I used it today with my art class of young adults with a diagnosis of autism. Each student had their own pasta mixed with an assortment of colors in paper cups, box, paper, tongs, forks, etc. all set up and ready to go. Their job was to transfer the colored pasta to the paper and shake. Once in the box, the pasta just would not move. We used cooked spaghetti and macaroni. The students ended up tossing the pasta around with their forks, and they ultimately were able to transfer enough color onto their papers. But it was definitely not as rewarding as marble painting and it was quite frustrating for the the students. During the activity,some uncooked pasta was tried, and that moved around a little better, but the activity just did not bring with it the success that the students can find in marble painting. Bottom line: pick another project.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: Sorry about your problems with this project! I agree the spaghetti does not move around easily and if you read the entire post my daughter did have difficulty and began using the tongs to move the spaghetti around! She really had to use her whole body to get it to move! When I tried it I really moved my body and actually made the spaghetti pop up a little bit too!. This project is not my invention and I tried it because I didn't want to use worms! Love that you used Dry pasta---good thinking! YOU could also try variations of marble painting like using rocks, pine cones, plastic eggs, golf balls---you get the idea! Good luck with future experimental painting endeavors! Melissa
ReplyDeleteI just saw this posted on Pinterest and my 4 year old son and I did it this afternoon! We had lots of fun! We did have trouble getting it to move, but he didn't have a problem getting his hands dirty, so we mostly ended up dragging the spaghetti through the paint. It was so much fun and I wanted to thank you for this great idea! It's so rewarding to make fun memories with my kids!
ReplyDeleteChristie
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden and he's painting.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! I love how process orientated it is and that it has such a wonderful product too! Thanks for linking up over at PreKandK Sharing, I also shared the post on Facebook Today!
ReplyDeleteI really really cannnot understand how can people still use food items for crafts when there is sooo much hunger in this world!!!!!!!!! I can't never use food to play o to craft!
ReplyDeleteThis looked like so much fun! I used this as an inspiration for our Wacky Wednesday post! Thanks for the idea!
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