Quick & Easy Ball Painting Activity for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Check out this quick & easy ball painting activity for little kids! Your preschoolers will love learning about Physics with this awesome friction painting art project! Grab just a few basic supplies and make a really cool piece of artwork! You’ll definitely be glad that you did!

We have one more Physics Lab activity to share today. Quick & Easy Ball Painting, y’all! The little guy loved it and I’m willing to bet that your little kids will too!

All you need to create this really cool piece of artwork is a bouncy ball, a box lid or baking pan, and of course paper and paint!

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Quick & Easy Ball Painting Activity for Little Kids

What you’ll need

Paper*
Bouncy Ball*
Paint
Box Lids or Baking Pans*
Small Items

Here’s how to do it

Set Up

Set out materials.

Prompts

How can you make marks and designs with the ball?
Will you dab paint on the paper or on the ball?
What happens when you roll the ball across your paper?
Could you use other small items to roll over your picture? What marks will they create?

Observe

Did the child explore rolling a ball or any other items to create marks?
Did he move the items in any other way such as blowing or dropping?

Isn’t this seriously all kinds of awesome? I love how it looks!

The little guy picked out pink, red, and blue for his ball painting, but your little kids can of course choose their favorite colors for this activity.

The possibilities are for sure endless. So many ways for your little kids to create!

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