Painting on Plastic

We love re-using items, so why not try painting on different materials?  First up, plastic!

Materials

• Plastic bags, sheets, tubes etc.
• Acrylic paint (Experiment with a corner of the plastic with your paint type, we found that tempera paint flakes off)
• Brushes or other tools
• Craft tray

We always find a smock helpful too:

Directions

• Don your smock.  Place your items to paint in your tray.  First we decided to paint on a plastic sheet and used a piece of paper towel to move the paint, creating waves (as you can tell we are onto a beach-y theme this summer!) On the smaller items we used bushes.

• Allow to dry overnight.

• Our son then sketched out fish on watercolour paper, painted them, outlined them with permanent marker and a correction pen , cut them out and added them to the ocean, but the process of painting on plastic is just exciting on its own too!  Go with your child(ren)’s energy!

Here were a few of the smaller items (“My sister as a bird & a merman!”):

Purpose

• Re-purposing items
• Painting on various materials

Safety Notes

• We suggest that you wear a smock and use a craft tray to protect your clothing and surfaces.
• Use scissors with care and adult supervision, if you cut out items to add to your painting.