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How to do Spin Drawing for Kids

August 9, 2024

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Spin drawing is such a fun and mesmerizing action art activity for kids. Here are two easy spin drawing techniques to try.

Updated September 2024

We have always loved spin painting. We’ve been doing it for years with salad spinners and occasionally with a spin art machine, but we have come to love spin drawing as well.

Spin drawing is crazy fun. And you can do it two different ways, with a spin art machine or with a recycled CD!

If you’re like us, you’re likely to have lots of old CDs collecting dust and this is a perfect way to put them to work.

Here’s a video showing how to create your own spin art doodle tops. And be sure to keep scrolling for step-by-step directions.

Spin Drawing Two Ways

MATERIALS

Paper (we actually love to roll out a big piece of easel paper on the table for this!)
Markers
Old CDs
Tape

INSTRUCTIONS

Create your doodle top
Take the cap off a marker and slide it through the hole in your CD and tape it in place. That’s all! So easy.

Tip: Place the CD lower toward the tip of the marker so the top will spin better and longer.
Spin!
Spin your doodle top on your paper and watch as it makes all kinds of swirly doodles.
Repeat
Try a different color and fill up your paper!

If you have a spin art machine, you can use it to do spin drawing, too. Simply pump the handle on the spin art machine to get the paper spinning and set your marker to the paper. As the paper spins, the marker will stay in place but will make a circle on the paper.

You can move your marker inward or outward and it will make progressively smaller or larger concentric circles. Add another color or two if desired and continue spin drawing until satisfied with the completed artwork.