It is time for another Paint and Play challenge with Growing A Jeweled Rose? We have been having a blast create fun process art with our kids over the last few weeks. The focus for our 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 a Touch Painting. Crystal create art with her kids blindfolded, while my kids created their art under a simple DIY Touch Painting Box.

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Check out how we created our fun tactile painting experience. The kids explored the sense of touch while they created art. I created a Touch Painting Box for the kids and set out a variety of unique surfaces for the kids to paint and explore under the box.

Touch Painting:

A large cardboard box
Scissors ~ to cut a hole in the end of the box
Dark colored felt ~ cut just lager than the hole in the box
Hot glue gun ~ to attach the felt to the box
Textured Surfaces ~ Anything goes, think tinfoil, bubble wrap, sandpaper, cotton balls etc
Finger Paints or Tempera Paint
Paint Brushes are optional, fingers are best:)

Begin by placing the box upside down and cutting a large square in both ends. Next, cover the holes with a piece of black felt. The felt should be just larger than the hole. Secure the felt door to the box wit hot glue. Think “doggy door”, you will only need to secure the felt along the top edge.

I made a Touch Door at both ends of the box so that 2 kids could paint at the same time. They loved creating collaborative art together.

Set the box on top of the surface or paper that is to be painted. We taped it to the table to keep it from sliding around and the kids set to work creating.

Some of the kids used paintbrushes and some enjoyed painting with their fingers. Both ways, the kids explored painting through the sense of touch while they could not see what they were creating.

The sense of touch can also be enhanced by the surface that your kids are painting on. We tried painting on all different types of surfaces from bumpy to smooth and rough to slick.

I love this shot of our simple paint pallet. Egg cartons are great for crafting with and they make the perfect paint pallet.

We painted on the slick, smooth surface of tinfoil. The kids loved feeling the paint as it slid across the slippery surface. They could not resist wiggling and dancing their fingers as they glided across the painting.

The rough surface of sandpaper was fun and unique surface to finger paint on. I have never tried finger painting on sandpaper before, it was a little rough and scratchy but the kids loved it. It was fun listening to them giggle as the rough paper tickled their fingers as they painted. They liked scratching their fingernails on the sandpaper.

We also painted on the textured surface of bubble wrap. This was the kids favorite surface. They loved the bumpy texture, and were continually popping the bubbles as they painted, double the fun!

I would love to hear how your kids explore the sense of touch while creating art.

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Make sure to stop by Growing A Jeweled Rose to check out their Touch Painting. You will love how they explored paint together!