We are up again for TinkerLab's Challenge. This time the challenge was to create something with egg cartons. We were inspired by this, this, and this to paint on egg cartons! C really enjoyed painting on egg cartons and it is a great alternative to painting on plain paper. I love how these paintings turned out.
Then we just began painting. I used a styrofoam egg carton to use as a paint tray while painting the cardboard egg cartons.
I was astonished at how much C enjoyed painting the egg cartons. We painted the cartons solid first and then added black polka dots.
C loved this so much she asked to paint on egg cartons again. It was a good thing that I had quite collection saved of egg cartons. On this painting my daughter explored mixing colors and using white to create "tints" or lighter versions of each color. Tints are created by adding white to a color.
Here are both paintings which are proudly being displayed in my daughter's bedroom right now.
Be sure to check out all the other FABULOUS egg carton ideas at Tinkerlab.
Materials Needed:
tempera paint or acrylic paint
paint brushes
egg carton(s) that are paper/cardboard kind
The materials are so simple and everyone should have the ability to create these wonderful paintings. I did cut 2 egg cartons apart so that my daughter could just paint on the inside of the egg sections. You could paint to on the top of the egg carton and inside too. In advance I glued the 2 inside sections to a piece of cardboard so that they would be more stable.
Then we just began painting. I used a styrofoam egg carton to use as a paint tray while painting the cardboard egg cartons.
I was astonished at how much C enjoyed painting the egg cartons. We painted the cartons solid first and then added black polka dots.
Beautiful!
C loved this so much she asked to paint on egg cartons again. It was a good thing that I had quite collection saved of egg cartons. On this painting my daughter explored mixing colors and using white to create "tints" or lighter versions of each color. Tints are created by adding white to a color.
Here are both paintings which are proudly being displayed in my daughter's bedroom right now.
Be sure to check out all the other FABULOUS egg carton ideas at Tinkerlab.
