# 50 Art Projects for Your Active Kid
> A collection of 50 art ideas for kids who love paint but need to move, not sit. Kids bounce, roll, swing, squirt, kick and stomp their way to big art, with ideas from TurkeyMom and fellow kids-activity bloggers.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/art-activities-for-active-kids/
- Ages: 1–8 yrs · Difficulty: medium · Mess: high
- Time: prep none, activity varies
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class
- Skills: gross-motor, process-art, fine-motor

## Safety
- Use washable, non-toxic kids' paint and supervise closely, especially with babies and toddlers who put things in their mouths.
- Painted feet, floors and slides get slippery. Have kids move carefully and wash up right away.

## Ideas
- **Bounce Painting**: Make art by bouncing paint across the paper.
- **Tin Cans Painting**: Roll tin cans through paint to make tracks.
- **Throw Ball Painting**: Dip balls in paint and throw them at the paper.
- **Gigantic Ball Painting**: Paint big with gigantic balls.
- **Pendulum Painting**: Swing a tire-swing pendulum to drip paint in patterns.
- **Ribbon Painting**: A big-art project for toddlers using ribbons and paint.
- **Squirt Gun Painting**: Fill squirt guns with paint and spray your art.
- **Slide Painting**: Paint on the playground slide.
- **Painting in the Shower**: Make art in the shower, where cleanup is easy.
- **Active Toddler Art**: An active art idea made for toddlers.
- **Painting with Rocks**: Use rocks as the painting tool.
- **Pitch and Paint**: Pitch your way to a painting.
- **Bubble Wrap Painting**: Make prints and textures with bubble wrap.
- **Active Disk Painting**: Get moving with disks and paint.
- **Trike Painting**: Ride trikes through paint to make wheel tracks.
- **Spin Art**: Spin your way to colorful art.
- **Mop Painting**: Paint big with a mop.
- **Feet Painting**: Big art made by painting with your feet.
- **Rain Boots Painting**: Print with painted wellie boots.
- **Large Scale Car Painting**: Drive vehicles through paint on a large surface.
- **Fly Swatter Painting**: Swat paint onto paper with fly swatters.
- **Balloon Painting**: Paint by dabbing and bouncing balloons.
- **Exploding Art**: Make art that explodes with color.
- **Flick Painting**: Flick paint to make splatter art.
- **Painting with Toy Trains**: Run toy trains through paint on canvas.
- **Bouncy Ball Painting**: Paint with patio toys like space hoppers and trikes.
- **Splat Painting**: Make splat art.
- **Pumpkin Roll**: Roll a pumpkin to make paint tracks.
- **Coconut Painting**: Process art for preschoolers, painting with coconuts.
- **Shaker Painting**: Shake things up to paint.
- **Chalk Splat**: Sidewalk splat painting with chalk-filled balloons.
- **Squirt Bottle Painting**: Spray paint from squirt bottles.
- **Frog Feet Painting**: Make frog footprints.
- **Window Painting**: Paint on windows.
- **Silly Sensory Ball Painting**: Paint with silly sensory balls.
- **Kick Ball Painting**: Big art made by rolling eggs and balls through paint.
- **Full Body Painting**: Let's get messy: painting with the whole body.
- **Michelangelo Painting**: Explore how Michelangelo worked with preschoolers.
- **Coffee Can Painting**: Paint with golf balls in coffee cans.
- **Squishy Toy Painting**: Critter painting with squishy toys.
- **Paint with Your Feet**: A summer camp painting day with feet.
- **Large Drip Painting**: Kids' art dripping with paint, on a large scale.
- **Active Art for Baby**: Baby play with markers and a big cardboard box.
- **Giant Hand Print Art**: Make giant hand print art.
- **Gymnastics Painting**: Paint while doing gymnastics.
- **Hole Painting**: Paint around a hole in a large sheet of paper on the ground.
- **Dance Painting**: Dance while you paint.
- **Sidewalk Fizzing Art**: Fizzing art on the sidewalk.
- **Chasing Bubbles Art**: Chase colorful bubbles to make art.
- **Slide Mark Making**: Draw and make marks on a slide.

## Tips
- If the child gets stir crazy and can't stay at the art table long enough to finish the art activity, these ideas will work great!
- These are great for fine motor, art-loving kids too because, let's just face it, it involves lots of paint.
- Active art means art activities that don't involve sitting at a table with a paintbrush. We love those too!

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2013)

The original photo by Senjuti Kundu on Unsplash Senjuti Kundu These kids adore art and paint just as much as movement. Unfortunately they cannot stay put at the art table to enjoy and complete the activity because they need to MOOOVE...and not sit.If the child gets stir crazy and cannot stay long enough at the art table to complete the art activity, these ideas will work great! They also are great for your fine motor- art loving kids because let's just face it - it involves lots of paint. Here is a fun collection from our favorite bloggers( of course you will see a few from here). When I say active art, I mean art activities which do not involve being at an table with a paint brush.{ By the way we love those too. For a collection of our [**art activities**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/art-projects/) visit the category page by clicking on the blue link} ***Here is our fun list. To go to the original post click on the bold blue or bold black links.***

**1.** **Bounce Painting** from Twins at Play

**2. [Tin Cans Painting](https://www.funlittles.com/art-activities-for-kids-tin-can-roll/)** from Blog Me Mom

3. [**Throw Ball Painting** f](https://www.funlittles.com/art-activity-throw-ball-painting/)rom Blog Me Mom

**4. [Gigantic Ball Painting](http://4herreras.blogspot.com/2012/05/gigantic-ball-paintings.html)** from 4 Herraras

5. [**Pendulum Painting**](http://www.housingaforest.com/tire-swing-pendulum-painting/) from Housing a Forest

6. [**Ribbon Painting**](http://handsonaswegrow.com/art-ribbon-painting/) from Hands on As we Grow

**7. [Squirt Gun Painting](https://www.funlittles.com/art-activities-with-squirt-guns/)** from Blog Me Mom

**8. Slide Painting** from Mess for Less

**9. Painting in the shower** from Learn Play Imagine

**10. Active toddler art** from Two Daloo

**11.[Painting with rocks](http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/painting-with-rocks.html) f f** from Fantastic Fun and Learning

**12. [Pitch and Paint](https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/search?q=paint)** from Growing a Jeweled Rose

13. **Bubble Wrap Painting** from Irresistable Ideas

14. [**Active Disk Painting**](https://www.funlittles.com/art-activities-active-disk-painting/) from Blog Me Mom

15. [**Trike Painting**](http://www.thegoldengleam.com/2012/05/painting-with-bikes-favorite-friday.html) from The Golden Gleam

**16. [Spin Art](https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/search?q=paint)** from Growing a Jeweled Rose

17. [**Mop Painting**](http://www.teachpreschool.org/2011/06/painting-with-a-mop/) from Teach Preschool

18. [**Feet Painting**](http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/08/big-art-painting-with-your-feet.html) from Fun At Home With Kids

19. [**Rain Boots Painting**](https://theimaginationtree.com/wellie-boot-printing/) from The Imagination Tree

20. [**Large Scale Car Painting**](https://www.funlittles.com/art-activities-vehicles-painting/) from Blog Me Mom

21.[**Fly Swatter Painting**](http://www.readingconfetti.com/2012/04/fly-swatter-painting-kids-co-op-10.html) from Reading Confetti

**22.[Balloon Painting](http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/05/paint-play.html)** from Growing a Jeweled Rose

23.[**Exploding Art**](http://www.housingaforest.com/exploding-art/) from Housing a Forest

24.[**Flick Painting**](https://www.funlittles.com/july-4th-crafts-splatter-art-display-craft/) from Blog Me Mom

25.[**Painting with toy trains**](http://play-trains.com/painting-with-trains/) from Play Trains

26. [**Bouncy Ball Painting**](http://www.sunhatsandwellieboots.com/2011/08/painting-with-patio-toys.html) from Sun Hats and Wellie Boots

27. [**Splat Painting**](https://toddlerapproved.com/splat-painting/) from Toddler Approved

28. **Pumpkin Roll** from Putti's World

**29.[Coconut Painting](http://fun-a-day.com/painting-with-coconuts-process-art-activities-for-preschoolers/)** from Fun-A-Day

30. [**Shaker Painting**](https://picklebums.com/shaker-painting/) from PickleBums

**31. [Chalk Splat](http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/07/summer-fun-sidewalk-splat-painting.html)** from Growing a Jeweled Rose

**32. Squirt Bottle Painting** from Mess for less

33. [**Frog Feet Painting**](http://www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com/art-activity-for-children-frog-foot-prints/) from Crayons Freckles

**34. Window Painting** from Mess for Less

**35. [Silly Sensory Ball Painting](https://b-inspiredmama.com/silly-sensory-ball-painting/)** from B-Inspired Mama

**36. [Kick Ball Painting](http://handsonaswegrow.com/rolling-eggs-balls-painting/)** from Hands on as we grow

**37. [Full body painting](http://pre-schoolplay.blogspot.com/2011/05/lets-get-messy.html)** from Preschool Play

**38. [Michaelangelo Painting](http://rainydaymum.co.uk/exploring-michelangelo-with-preschoolers)** from Rainy Day Mum

39. [**Coffee Can Painting**](http://teaching2and3yearolds.blogspot.com/2011/01/painting-with-golf-balls-in-coffee-cans.html) from Teaching 2 and 3 year olds

40. [**Squishy Toy Painting**](http://creativeconnectionsforkids.com/2011/07/critter-painting/) from Creative Connection for kids

41. **Paint with your feet** from Sense of Wonder

**42. [Large Drip Painting](https://childhood101.com/kids-art-dripping-with-paint/)** from Childhood 101

**43. [Active Art for baby](http://lessonslearntjournal.com/baby-play-markers-cardboard-box/)** from Lessons Learnt Journal

44. [**Giant hand print art**](https://www.funlittles.com/homemade-gift-for-valentines-day/) from Blog Me Mom

**45. Gymnastics Painting** from Blog Me Mom

46**.** [**Hole Painting**](https://artfulparent.com/painting-around-the-hole/) { on the ground on a large sheet of paper} from The Artful Parent

**47. Dance Painting** from Stress Free Kids

48. **Side Walk Fizzing Art** from Learn Play Imagine

49. [**Chasing Bubbles Art**](http://www.childhoodbeckons.com/2011/07/colorful-bubble-art.html) from Childhood Beckons

50. **[Slide Mark Making from](http://tinkerlab.com/slide-drawing/)** Tinker Lab

**Thanks for reading!**

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