String Painting

How we did it:
Materials List
- washable paint
- paint tray - egg trays make perfect paint trays!
- string
- paper (heavier is better)
- a bowl of soapy water
- paper towel or rag
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Soapy water isn't strictly necessary, but I have children who feel more comfortable in a project when they can clean their hands, so it's much better for us! Some of our paints were very thick, so we added a spoonful or two of water to the egg cup.
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We cut lengths of string -- around 6-8 inches -- and dipped them into the paint. Which would we like best? The kite string? A medium-weight yarn? Something different? If you are playing with someone who doesn't like to get their hands messy, use a clothes pin to hold the end of the string. My son doesn't like things on his hands, but he was game for this. "This is very intriguing..." he said.
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It was all about experimenting. We used yarn, and we tried it with kite string.
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We tried designing and shaping deliberately, and we played with loops.
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We tried dragging string this way and that between two pieces of paper. "That looks like a fish!" "This looks like an alien!"
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Sometimes, in between, we rinsed our fingers and strings, squeezing out the water.
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We tried folding our paper, and we tried just bringing over a corner, and dragging it through that.
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What will yours look like?