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Funnel Pour Painting

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Funnel Pour Painting

A messy and fun process art experience for children using a funnel.

Materials Needed:

  • A piece of cardboard
  • Thick paper
  • Funnel
  • Paint

What to do:

  • Lay thick paper on top of the cardboard.
  • Hold the funnel above the paper.
  • Slowly pour paint into the funnel.
  • Drip, swirl, move the funnel around the paper to create a design.

Hints and Tips:

  • Use different types of paints such as watercolour, acrylic, poster paints.
  • Move the funnel slow, fast to see how the paint falls and the effect it makes.
  • Experiment with different types of colours and how they mix together when falling on onto the paper.
  • Stand up/ sit down while doing this.

Additional Info

  • Appropriate Age: 3 year+
  • Number of Children: Individual (1)
  • Developmental Milestones:

    follows directions

    established hand preference

  • Play Based Learning: Creative Play
  • Interest Areas: Art and Craft
  • Games Categories: Art and Craft
  • EYLF Outcomes: Learning Outcome 5
  • Sub Outcomes:

    5.4 Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work.

Created On February 9, 2020 Last modified on Sunday, February 9, 2020
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