This document provides instructions for a painting project using items found at home, such as food coloring, spices, coffee, and nail polish. It lists possible painting surfaces like paper, cardboard, and envelopes. Tools including paintbrushes, q-tips, and forks are suggested. The document shows examples of completed paintings using these home items. Readers are encouraged to either sketch designs first or start painting freely.
2. Possible Supplies for this project…
Food Coloring
Kool-Aid
Mud
Cake Decorating Sugar Sprinkles
Shoe Polish
Coffee (liquid or grounds + water)
Spices
Pudding (Already made or dry +
water)
Hot chocolate (liquid or powder +
water)
Cocoa Powder
Nail Polish
White Out
Anything else you can think of…
Of course, you are welcome to use
paints if your have them.
3. Possible Painting surfaces for this project…
Paper for Drawing
Printer Paper
Envelopes from Mail
Notebook paper
Cardboard/Cereal
Box Cardboard
Newspaper
Any surface that will
accept paint
4. Possible Painting tools for this project…
Q-tips
Finger
Paintbrush
Basting Brush
Fork
Toothbrush
Stick
Toothpicks
Skewers
6. Sketch first or just start painting…
You can plan your
picture first by
sketching with a
pencil or you could
just start painting.
I sketched the
sunflower and just
painted the rainbow.
7. My Completed Example 1
I did not plan
this one out, I
just started
painting.
I used food
coloring, nail
polish, and
colored sugar
sprinkles
mixed with
water.
8. My Completed Example 2
I did plan and sketch this
sunflower out before I started
painting.
I used almost everything off the
chart. I used spices, food
coloring, colored sugar
sprinkles, coffee, cocoa, and a
lot more.
9. Your turn to create! Have fun!
If you want to email me a picture of your work, my email address is:
sjensen@ccsd.k12.ia.us
You can also email me for your pin# to upload to your artsonia account.
Below is the guest teacher. LOL!
