Big Brushstrokes

Young children need lots of time to figure out how art materials, and their own muscles, work. Encourage their creativity and experimentation!

1. Wear clothes that can get messy. Cover your work area with recycled newspaper. With Crayola® So Big® Brushes and Crayola Washable Kid's Paints, experiment with different colors and ways to apply paint to paper.

2. Try different moves with your paint brush--push, drag, twist, and roll it. Spread out the bristles or paint with just the tip. Try using a lot of paint and just a little.

3. Mix colors in a recycled foam produce tray or on your paper as you paint. What colors can you make? Add different amounts of each color to see how colors change. Dry.

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

Crayola Washable Paints—Not for use as body/face paint.

Recycled Foam Produce Trays—Wash in hot, soapy water. No meat or poultry trays should be used.

Turkey Tic-Tac-Toe

My Shining Star

It's My Room! Door Hanger

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Washable Kid's Paint
• So Big® Brush
• Giant Marker and Watercolor Pad

household supplies

• recycled newspaper
• paper towels
• recycled foam produce trays
• container(s) of water

"My daughter had such a great time experimenting! So what if she makes a little mess?"
Briana R., mom of 3 year old.

"Children in inclusion classrooms are SO focused when they paint. They're fascinated with color and how brushes work."
Yolanda P., special needs assistant.

Color wheels are great ways to see how colors mix. A primary wheel has red, yellow, and blue. These colors are produced only from nature's pigments. Mixing equal amounts of any two primary colors creates three secondary colors (purple, green, orange). These secondary colors are placed between the two primary colors that make them (purple falls between red and blue).