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August 22, 2013

Double Brush Painting

It is time for another Paint and Play weekly challenge.  If this is your first time joining us,  the focus for our weekly series is all about the process, having fun and getting kids excited to create art with fun and unique mediums!  Our challenge this week was to create art with Kitchen Gadgets.  Growing A Jeweled Rose got creative making Electric Art, and we pulled out our Kiddie Chopstick Helpers to create a fun Double Brush Painting technique.

Double Brush Painting ~ fun process art technique that your kids will love.  Its a great way to combine art AND fine motor skills

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We don’t eat out very often, but my kids love being treated Chinese take-out.  One of our favorite local Chinese restaurants often gives our kids Chopstick Helpers.  The goal with this simple kitchen gadget is designed to help kids get comfortable eating with chopsticks.  My kids and I recently discovered that paintbrushes fit into our Chopstick Helpers perfectly, creating a fun Double Paintbrush.    

Double Brush Painting ~ fun process art technique that your kids will love.  Its a great way to combine art AND fine motor skills

To create your own Double Paintbrush all you need is:

  • Chopstick Helpers
  • 2 Skinny Paint Brushes

Double Brush Painting ~ fun process art technique that your kids will love.  Its a great way to combine art AND fine motor skills

Since our challenge was to create with Kitchen Gadgets, we chose to make our watercolors with food coloring.  Just a few drop of food coloring in some water creates frugal and beautiful watercolors.   Double Brush Painting ~ fun process art technique that your kids will love.  Its a great way to combine art AND fine motor skills

We tried a few different paintbrushes before we found a pair that fit snugly into the Chopstick Helpers.

Double Brush Painting ~ fun process art technique that your kids will love.  Its a great way to combine art AND fine motor skills

This is a great exercise for kids to work on their fine motor skills.  One paint brush is fun, but two is a blast!

Double Brush Painting ~ fun process art technique that your kids will love.  Its a great way to combine art AND fine motor skills

The kids quickly discovered that with a little pressure, you can squeeze the paintbrushes together and release.  This will create a fun and squiggly wavy pattern.

Double Brush Painting ~ fun process art technique that your kids will love.  Its a great way to combine art AND fine motor skills

We had so much fun creating with our simple double paintbrushes.  The patterns that the kids created were beautiful and the process is something that we will play with again.

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I love this fun Electric Art from Growing A Jeweled Rose.  My kids enjoy using an electric drill, so I know that they would love creating art with a hand mixer!

Electric Art

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Don’t miss out on any of our Paint and Play series.

Our kids have had so much fun creating process art.  If you are looking for some fun inspiration, check out what we have created with balloons, spin art, pendulums, candy, ice, marbles, touch painting, bubbles and school supplies.

 Make sure you stop back in next week for more Paint and Play!

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Compass Painting ~ Fun back to school art!

Last week we created this simple Compass Painting which inspired out post today.

If you love process art like us, then check out my Painting Without Brushes Pinterest board.  It is packed full of fun ideas.

 

Related posts:

  1. Touch Painting
  2. Painting With Monster Hands
  3. Glowing Ice Painting
  4. Compass Painting
Posted in Kid Art and tagged Paint and Play, Painting, Watercolors.

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Related posts:

  1. Touch Painting
  2. Painting With Monster Hands
  3. Glowing Ice Painting
  4. Compass Painting
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3 thoughts on “Double Brush Painting”

  1. Mary Catherine on August 22, 2013 at 5:36 pm said:

    LOVE this art technique! The paint and play series has been tons of fun to check out. 🙂 I love that it’s fun, unique, and combines art with fine motor skills! I cannot wait to try this out with my son and my preschool students (I want to do it myself, as well)!!!

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  2. kiran on February 11, 2014 at 6:51 pm said:

    they were amazing

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  3. Katie Pinch on July 11, 2014 at 5:50 pm said:

    This looks like an easy activity to set up and fun to paint with too!

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