Fun with Shapes, Textures and Colors

Color Carnival : Day 3

This is an All-in-one activity! Kids get to explore different shapes, textures and colors in this single activity. Initially, me and LO started this activity to explore different shapes with colors. But finally it turned out to be exploring the textures too. The materials we collected for different shapes were of different textures, and that is what made this activity interesting. LO got so excited on seeing the final colored texture of his star and rectangle painting! Lets look into the exciting textures and shapes.

Materials Used:

Kids washable paint

White construction papers

For the shapes:

Circle - Paper roll tube

Star - wooden block

Square - wooden block and bristle block

Triangle - bristle block and triangular tube

Hexagon - hexagon shaped bottle

Rectangle - wooden block and sponge

We started with circle, used the paper roll tube. For kids, to start with, the paper roll is a great way to encourage using colors, since it is a mess free painting. 

LO enjoyed making different colored circles and rubbing it!

Next we did the star print with a wooden block. LO got so excited with this, since the texture the star block made with the colors was amazing. Can you observe the striped star in the picture? The star block was already painted with oil paint kinda and when LO dipped into color to make the impression, it made superb stripes!

The next shape we tried was rectangle with a wooden block. When you observe it close, you can find checked pattern it has made! And we tried to print square shape with pink color.

I had a hexagon shaped small glass bottle and a small triangular tube which we used to print.

We used bristel blocks and printed square and triangle. Look at the pattern of the shapes!

Here comes one more interesting texture, the sponge. Surprisingly found this rectangular piece in his cupboard and gave a try. We mixed green and blue color to get a different pattern. My God! It turned out fabulous.

Give a try with different shapes and textures, with what ever items available at your home! I'm sure kids will enjoy this activity.

Happy Parenting!