hey! I just wanted to share a fun,yet cold (lol) activity that my lil firecracker and I recently completed….PINE CONE PAINTING! Sounds cool, right? Well, its a fairly simple activity, but just needs one minor detail for preparation…..yup! You guessed it…the pine cones! I bet you could go out and by some but I am too cheap for that lol, so one evening before dinner time, my daughter and I went for a little walk and left the boys in the house to do whatever boys do! Haha! Along our walk, we picked up pine cones. ๐ ย She loved it!
Supplies:
- ย Pine cones (we collected pine needles too but they all broke in my coat pocket ๐…so if you can successfully get them home, let me know how it goes).
- Paper
- Paint
- Box (optional- I just have her paint in the box, which after a litte bit she didnt want to do… I was just trying to minimize the mess lol)
So, after watching an episode of Creative Galaxy (a kids show on Netflix) my daughter has been obsessed with Jackson Pollack style painting…so just ended up flicking the pine cone at the paper..! GREAT ๐๐ณ๐. But she had fun! And these are our results!!! Its all about learning through play!
What type of art activites do you do with your little one? What type of artist do you study? Styles of art? ย I especially like this one because it merges an indoor activity with an outdoor activity and it also merges science and art!!!
Enjoy!
Maya
13 Comments
I love this! such a great idea plus you get to explore a little nature while picking out the pine cones ๐
Thank you for reading!
That sounds like fun. Mine is 6 months, we still in the funny faces and sounds stage.
Awwwwe! I miss those days!!! But you could do painting minus the pine cones. There are wonderful recipes on Pinterest about edible paint. I have tried a few.
Oh wow thanks. I will look into it!
Too, too adorbs!
Thank you!
We just did something similar using marbles instead of pine cones. Same set up: paper in a box, then paint on the paper, then add marbles and roll them around to spread the paint. Lots of experimentation can be done for really different results. The kids loved it.
OH MY GOODNESS! I love this idea!!!! Thank you for reading and sharing this awesome idea. We will definitely try it asap. ๐๐
Glad you liked it – we will be trying out the pine cone idea too, I’m sure!