Rolling Pin Art for Toddlers

Rolling Pin Art for Toddlers



 

 

Creativity at our house majorly suffers during the winter months, mainly because I don’t want to clean up big giant messes in my house (I know, I know, I’m horrible). Thank goodness that with warmer weather comes more creative projects…which can easily be washed away with just rain or the water hose.

 

Little Sister created her first “big art” using a rolling pin and finger paint for Day #4 of our A Very Toddler Summer series we are co-hosting with Toddler Approved. Our rolling pin art for toddlers was definitely a messy hit!

 

Here’s what you’ll need:  a rolling pin, washable paint, a shallow pan, and white butcher paper. Optional:  a hot glue gun.

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We used Crayola Washable Finger Paint, but I would actually suggest using just a normal washable paint because as the finger paint was more like a gel and didn’t spread easily.

 

I also suggest wearing “play clothes” or a swimsuit. We just got back from a baseball game when we did this activity, so Little Sister was already a sticky/yucky mess. The paint came out just fine from her clothes, but you never know.

 

 

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1. Optional:  Use the hot glue gun to make a design on your rolling pin. This didn’t work quite as well as I anticipated, but it still came out okay.

 

 

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2. Lay a piece of butcher paper outside and hold down with rocks.

 

 

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3. Spread some washable paint in your shallow pan and let your child roll the rolling pin in it.

 

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Little Miss, of course, had to get it all over herself. :)

 

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She didn’t like holding the rolling pin by the handles, she wanted to roll it on the center.

 

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The final Masterpiece. :)

 

 

Big Art for Toddlers using a rolling pin

 

 

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