You can do a lot more with paint than simply slapping it on paper with a brush. All kinds of fabulous pictures are guaranteed if you let the children discover for themselves just how versatile paint can be.
I once challenged a group to explore mixing substances with paint and was presented with, among other things, an interesting range of mud-based finger paints!
None of the following activities requires specialist materials and all the items used to create different effects are readily available in the home or out-of-school club setting.
COLOUR MIXING
Children who know how to mix colours can create a huge palette of different shades from just the three primary colours (blue, red and yellow), plus black and white.
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