Rolling Eggs & Balls Painting

I decided to take this art activity outside.

It took Henry awhile to get into it.

At first, he only wanted to play with his dump truck and stack the paints in it.

I started by showing him what we'd do to spark some interest.

Henry joined me soon after.

This activity was inspired by Tinkerlab's Rolling Easter Egg Painting 

and Teaching 2 and 3 Year Old's Cars Down Ramp in Paint

But, Henry created and played with the paints in his own way.

I set out 4 containers and put a blob of paint in each.

Henry rolled plastic Easter eggs (along with a ball) in the paint.

I laid out a piece of cardboard on our sidewalk (which is slanted).

I taped a couple pieces of butcher paper on the cardboard.

Henry rolled the eggs down the paper.

The eggs usually needed some pushing to keep them moving.

Henry also kicked his ball down the paper many times!

Henry chose to include the ball himself.

The design the ball made on the paper added a lot of interest.

Henry said that a couple of the paint circles the ball made looked like glasses!

The process was fun!

And we never knew where the Easter egg would go. 

[The eggs didn't look so bad either.]

This was a very messy activity.

Henry's clothes were covered in paint.

I cannot stress how much I love Crayola Washable Paints!

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