Set out your pan or plastic plate and begin by pouring glue to cover the whole surface. Pan or plastic plate (we got our pan at the Dollar Tree).I really hope you give this easy chalk art project a try–I can assure your kid(s) will have a blast. The swirls and vibrant colors in the sky the movement he achieves by pushing the paint around while experimenting with light and gesture–can playfully be explored with this activity. We tried it a couple days later and they really enjoyed it! It was inspired by Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, which is just about one of the most amazing paintings of all times for me.

After reading it, they request a story…and then a song…and then they make up just about any other excuse to delay bedtime as much as they can.īut don’t they all? I know I used to do it too when I was a child…Ha! It’s payback right?Īs I was reading this book to them, I came up with this fun process art idea. We usually have a routine at night where either myself or my husband reads a book they pick from their bedroom library. “Van Gogh and the Sunflowers” is the latest one that we acquired and we’ve been reading it a lot lately. We have a few as part of our children’s book collection and my boys really like them. There’s a collection of books about famous artists written by Laurence Anholt that are wonderful, easy to read, with great illustrations.

Easy chalk art