Fall Paint-Splat Classroom Crafts With Free Templates

Fall Paint-Splat Classroom Crafts
with free templates to print for backgrounds.
All you need is the backgrounds
and fall-palate paints in squeeze bottles.

Basic Supplies:

Washable paints*. This link takes you to a set of 2 oz. bottles of paint in 6 primary colors. This paint will easily wash off of skin and walls, and most washable clothing. Be sure to ask your students to wear old clothing or bring a cover up. It’s good to check with parents before having a painting class with students, so no one will be disappointed with ruined clothes later.
Backgrounds will vary with each project, but several are templates you can print on regular printer paper. The paints will bubble the paper, but that just adds authenticity to the final product.
Pointy Tip Bottles*. This link is for 12 4 oz. empty bottles with pointy tips and caps. Some of the projects will turn out better if you apply the paint with a pointy tip, but you can make do without them.
Paint clothes, soap, water and rags for clean up. Placing a tarp or plastic tablecloth under the projects might be advisable, or do the art outdoors.

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1. Rice Sock Art

Additional supplies for this art:

Poster size paper for each student.
Tape to hold the poster in place.
A nylon knee high* for each child, filled with a cup of raw rice, and knotted at the open end. They will use the rice end of the hose as their splat paint brush.

This project will need a tarp underneath, whether done indoors or out. Also, protect shoes, socks, and clothing. It’s a messy one.

Show your students how to bounce the “brush” up and down for best results, not drag or swipe.

There is no design to this art. Just lay small puddles of paint on the paper, then begin bouncing the “brush” in and out and around the paint. Quit before it gets muddy looking and the colors are still separate. Or make several brushes for each child so they can switch it out in-between.

And do yourself a favor and lay down strict rules before you start this project. You’ll thank yourself later.

kids painting via toddlerapproved.com — via toddlerapproved.com

2. Paint-Splat Fall Tree

For this one you need the supplies listed above, plus

The tree template. Fill out this form, and request the “paint splat tree template.”

Print a template paper for each child.

Fold the paper in half the short way.
Place small daubs of orange, yellow and red paint on one half of the tree’s leaf area, about an inch apart.
Fold the half of paper without paint up over the half with paint.
Rub your fingers around the paint area, to spread and cover both sides of the paper.
Open it up, and voila! A fall tree!

fall paint-splat classroom art kimenink com

3. Fine Feathered Fall Turkey

This one uses the same supplies as the Paint Splat Fall Tree, with the addition of brown paint.

Print a template for each child. Fill out this form and request “Paint Splat Fall Turkey Template.”
Fold the papers in half the short way. Half the turkey will be on each side.
Place a dab of brown paint on the paint half of the paper on the body of the turkey.
Place narrow stripes of paint up the length of the tail feathers on the paint side of the paper. Alternate red, orange and yellow colors for each feather.
Place a tiny dab of red for the wattle.
Fold the clean side of the paper onto the paint side and carefully press the colors.
Open it up to see the turkey in all his fall glory.
After the paint is dry, you may want to re-draw the lines with brown or black marker. Add googly eyes and and piece of orange paper for the beak. Or a tangle of red yarn for the wattle.
Mount onto cardstock for displaying.

paint dot turkey kimenink.com — The turkey seemed a little unfinished with just paint, so we printed more templates. We cut the circles for patterns and cut brown card, orange card beak, then added googly eyes and red yarn for a wattle.

4. Paint-Splat Butterfly

This one uses the same supplies as the Paint Splat Fall Tree, except choose any colors you wish.

Print a template for each child. Fill out this form and request “Paint Splat Fall Butterfly Template.”
Fold the papers in half the short way. Half the butterfly will be on each side.
Place dabs of your choices of paint on the paint half of the paper on the butterfly.
Fold the clean side of the paper onto the paint side and carefully press the colors.
Open it up to see the butterfly in all her colorful beauty.
After the paint is dry, you may want to re-draw the lines with black marker. Add black chenille stems for antennae if you wish.
Mount onto cardstock for displaying.

paint dots tree and butterfly kimenink.com

5. Egg Splat Canvas Art

In addition to the above supplies you will need:

Empty eggs: Make a hole in the top of your eggs next time you bake or cook with eggs, rinse out the shells with hottish water, and save the shells in the cartons. When art time comes around, fill the eggs with different colors of paint, one color per shell. Or, if you don’t have enough shells, try layering the colors. But don’t mix them, or handle them a lot before throwing them.
Art canvas*, one per child. Our link is for 16″ x 20″ but you can choose your preferred size.

This is definitely an outdoor art project.

Prop the canvases against buckets, or a fence that doesn’t matter if it gets washable paint on it.

Volley the eggs at the canvas with a little power, so the shells break, and the paint splats.

The children are sure to get a little wild doing this one, so you might want to set some boundaries! After all, I grew up on a chicken farm and I know. There may have been a little egg throwing at siblings. And not always in fun.

That’s it for the art. The canvases turn into magical masterpieces in just a few throws.

But the clean up needs a garden hose and maybe even a leaf blower to get rid of the shells. Although broken eggshells are good for the soil, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Just tromp on them so no one comes over and thinks you robbed a bird’s nest because they see empty egg shells on green lawn.