Here are our favorite action art painting activities for kids! Let kids move their bodies and make art at the same time with these fun ideas!
Looking for fun ways to get kids moving and creating? Action art combines creativity with physical activity, making it perfect for energetic little artists. This roundup features simple, engaging ideas that let kids paint, splatter, spin, and swirl their way through art.
These projects are all about the process, not the final product—so kids can explore freely.
But a word of warning, kids LOVE action art, so get ready for colorful, messy, hands-on fun! If you want to learn more about why messy art is important, and how to handle the mess, check out our Messy Art Primer for Parents!
The Best Action Art Painting Activities for Kids
1. Blow Painting with Straws
Blow painting with straws is a simple but fun action art activity. Use a straw to blow liquid paint on paper, creating amazing designs!
2. Painting with Wheels: Easy Action Art Activity for Kids
Grab your favorite toy car, truck, plane or train to paint with cars. Watch the vehicle make fun paint tracks on paper.
3. Splat Painting
Splat painting so easy and so much fun for kids! This simple action art activity involves hitting paint-soaked cotton balls with a small mallet or spoon.
4. Splatter Painting with Kids
Splatter painting is one of our favorite action art activities for kids of all ages! Use brushes or spoons to flick or throw paint onto paper, creating colorful and wild designs.
5. Marble Painting for Kids
Marble painting for kids is an easy and fun action art activity! Kids have fun rolling paint-covered marbles on paper and the results are lovely abstract works of art.
6. Drip Painting for Kids
Explore gravity with drip painting on a DIY easel. It’s a fun process art activity for kids with unique results every time.
7. Scrape Painting
Scrape painting is a fun art activity for kids. This fun technique moves paint with a card to create colorful rainbows, or cats, or bunnies!
8. Spin Art with a Salad Spinner
Spin art is a fun and easy action art activity for kids. Using paint and a salad spinner, the process is mesmerizing, and each painting is unique!
9. Fly Swatter Painting
Fly swatter painting is a fun and messy activity where kids squirt paint onto paper and then use a fly swatter to smack it to make cool splatter patterns and shapes.
10. Spray Painting
Spray painting is an action art activity where kids fill spray bottles (or squirt guns!) with watered-down paint and spray it onto paper or fabric to make colorful, misty designs.
Which of these awesome action art activities will you try this summer?
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