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Painting Outdoors With Kids

March 14, 2018 by Alice 4 Comments

Painting Activities Outdoors For Kids
Outdoor Painting Activities For Kids
Outdoor Painting Activities For Kids
Outdoor Painting Activities For Kids
Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

It’s so easy to get stucks indoors, isn’t it?

But with even just a little bit of sunshine, you can get out and paint!.

It’s the simplest thing.

It doesn’t need fancy preparation and planning.

And it’s SO much fun!

Because painting outdoors lets kids paint BIG.

And paint with their bodies.

And splatter and spray paint everywhere, Jackson Pollock style!

And paint on the move with cars and trains and trikes.

And paint with nature.

And paint their home town any colour under the sun!

Hurrah!!!

And ALL your kids need is paint.

PLUS big dollops of imagination.

You can keep them inspired AND outdoors all summer long, doing nothing more than painting.

To get them started, I’ve got for you over 30 super cool ways to have fun painting outdoors.

Enjoy!

30 Cool Outdoor Painting Ideas For Kids

1. Paint Big

BIG is good!

And outdoors – in the garden or park – kids can paint on a scale there’s not room for indoors.

They can paint cardboard or on old sheets or on canvas or on wall paper …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

2. Body Painting

Outdoors kids can use their whole bodies to paint.

There’s all sorts of fun ways to finger paint and hand paint.

Or just roll out some paper and do freestyle feet painting …

Freestyle feet painting ... enjoying life slowed down #painting #outdoors #feetpainting #slowparenting

And when you’ve done that cover with bubble wrap for super fun sensory stomp painting (viewsfromastepstool.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or paint these cool body shadows (rhythmsofplay.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

3.Splatter & Spray Painting

There’s so much to love about getting kids painting outdoors.

But one of the best things HAS to be splattering and spraying paint everywhere.

Without us parents getting in a tizzy.

You can just straight forward splatter paint with brushes (artfulparent.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or splatter with pipettes (twitchetts.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or add some shapes with masking tape and splatter on top (buggyandbuddy.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

You can drop splat paint from a height (fun-a-day.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

And you can paint with squirt guns (firefliesandmudpies.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or water pistols (messylittlemonster.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or spray bottles (adventure-in-a-box.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

You can splatter paint with balloons (mosswoodconnections.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or syringes (science-sparks.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or ping pong shooters (fantasticfunandlearning.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

You can even paint with a catapult (fun-a-day.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

3. Paint On The Move

And outdoors our kids can actually paint on the move …

… with cars.

Or even on trikes (myboredtoddler.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

They can paint by rolling balls (fantasticfunandlearning.com)

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or rolling rocks.

Or for something totally different, paint with slinking slinkies (fantasticfunandlearning.com)

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

4. Decorating Outdoors

Painting outdoors is the perfect time to decorate something.

And again, particularly something BIG!

You can paint a box … or lots of them ….

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

You could paint on fabric and make a flag.

Or decorate rocks – Kandinsky style or any which way you like (artycraftykids.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

… or decorate flower pots …(messylittlemonster.com)

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

You could paint old guttering (adventuresandplay.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

Or even paint the car (fun-a-day.com) …

WITH washable paint of course!

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

AND then have even more fun giving it a good old clean.

Or if you’re not so keen on mess, paint the fence – without paint 😉

5. Nature Painting

One of my absolute fave things about painting outdoors, is that we actually get to use the great outdoors in our paintings AND explore nature whilst we’re at it.

You can add fallen petals to your paintings for lovely petal pictures …

Simple petal paintings through which children can enjoy fallen blossom and explore the structure of flowers and how they are pollinated #painting #flowers #petals #blossom #nature #naturelover #plantscience #STEAM #pollination

Or create bird nest collages …

Bird nest collage - simple bird nest collages using water colour painting and natural resources #birds #nests #painting #collage #nature #naturelover #habitat #STEAM

You can paint with mud (learnplayimagine.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

… and with pine leaves (applegreencottage.com)

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

… and feathers …

Painting with features - a super simple natural craft for children #painting #feathers #nature #lovenature #naturecrafts #birds

… and flowers (messylittlemonster.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

… or when autumn comes fir cones and conkers (kidscraftroom.com) …

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

In fact with anything at all your kids find!

6. Paint Your Town Pink

But finally, remember you don’t have to stay home …

… to paint outdoors.

Take your paints out for a trip in your town.

Plonk yourself down somewhere pretty.

And paint away … just like real painters always have.

Painting outdoors - simple brilliant ideas to get outdoors and paint with kids without any complicated preparation #painting #processart #outdoors #letkidsbekids #creativekids #playoutdoors

I hope you have an awesome summer of fun painting outdoors.

Kids Painting Ideas Outdoors
Kids Painting Ideas Outdoors
Kids Painting Ideas Outside
Kids Painting Ideas Outside

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