Tap into your child’s artistic side with easy painting ideas for kids! Your child will love exploring and getting creative with paint.

 

While it seems that we’ve been accustomed to the new normal these days, nothing beats staying safe at home and spending some quality time with the kiddos.

 

Staying at home doesn’t have to be dull and boring, there are lots of activities that you can do with the kids besides watching TV and playing video games. Painting is one of them!

 

Painting activities can be easier than you think and can be done with everyday items that are available in your home. It’s a great activity to get their creative juices flowing and to fill in their boredom.

 

If you’re already groaning at the idea and thinking about all the mess that you’ll need to clean up, let me stop you there. Remember, getting messy is normal and a part of growing up!

 

Did you know?
20% of Malaysian children sugar from stress and anxiety due to stifling of play?

In fact, creativity is essential to our child’s learning process and can advance cognitive development. When children are encouraged to express themselves, and take risks in creating art, they develop a sense of innovation and critical thinking that will be important in their adult lives. So let loose mummies and daddies, have a little fun getting creative. Maybe these 5 n painting activities will change your mind about how easy and fun painting can be for you and your kids.

 

# 1 – Festive Spin Art

 

Salad spinners aren’t just great for drying your salad after a good wash, it could also be an awesome spin-art machine that your kids will absolutely love! All you need is some washable paint, some squeeze bottles (like your travel-size shampoo bottles) and something you can use as a “canvas” like maybe your coffee filters or some paper.

 

Simply just place the canvas in the spinner, squirt some paint in, close the lid and spin away! Your kids will be amazed at the different designs that they’ll achieve in the spinner.

 

#2 – Give Plain or Old furniture a Burst of Colour

Do you have some old or plain furniture that needs a new look? Time to spice it up and create a whole new look. For wooden furniture, use Nippon Paint Hydro Wood. Prepare a few colours in a painting tray and let you kids get creative by painting it with a paint brush, roller or even their hands and fingers.

 

Let them take the lead and let them decide on what colour and what tool they want to use. Once they’re done, let the item dry, and now you have a brand new piece of furniture that your child will be proud of! It’ll make for a great conversation starter for when guests come and visit too.

#3 – Paint like Van Gogh using Forks

Van Gogh really made his paintings come to live with movement. He achieved this with the use of different bright colours, brushstrokes and using very thick paint. Start off with drawing simple shapes on a piece of paper with pencil. You can draw hills, the moon, clouds – keeping it simple.

 

Then get your kids to start painting, one colour at a time with fairly thick paint and going over it with a fork while creating different lines. It can be straight lines, long wavy lines or short lines. Let your kids have fun and explore this process.

 

#4 – Texture Painting

 

Texture painting is a fun, sensory-rich art experience for kids that allows them to create a variety of textured paint surfaces – no paint brush needed!

 

Simply prepare some items that you can get around the house such as bubble wrap, leafy vegetables, strings of yarn or cooked pasta, together with some different coloured paint in a paint tray or bowls and let your kids get creative. Not only is it a great sensory experience, it’s also a great way for your kids to explore their creativity as well.

 

#5 – Bubble painting

 

Bubble painting is easy and really fun. All you need is about 1 tablespoon of paint colour, 2 tablespoons dish detergent, and 2 tablespoons of water in each cup. Mix each cup using a straw and start blowing bubbles in the cup. Once the bubbles rise above the rim of the cup, lay your paper over the bubbles. Then remove the paper and repeat with a different color paint. It’s as simple as that and keeps the mess less too!

 

See how simple, easy and fun painting with your kids can be? All you need are some simple items around the home, some safe and environmentally-friendly paint and a small space to get your project going. Plus, there’s no need to worry about your walls getting dirty or stained. Nippon Paint’s VirusGuard has superior washability, so you and your kids can have some worry-free fun.

 

It is also an anti-viral and anti-bacterial paint that is lab tested and proven to be 99% effective against human coronavirus (strain 229E). By simply coating the walls in your home with Nippon Paint’s VirusGuard, you’re able to transform your walls and living area into a much safer space.