This No Mess Painting is a breeze to set up and the kids will love it!
Do your kids love to paint but you hate all the mess of it? Then this has to be something you try. It takes just a few minutes to prep and your kids will feel like they are really painting and the best part, there is NO MESS! Can you imagine a no-mess painting activity for kids?
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Set Up the No-Mess Painting Activity
What you Need:
Gallon size Bags
Paints of your color choices
Thick packing tape or painters tape
White paper
Place a piece of white paper inside a gallon sized bag. Have your child tell you what colors they want and carefully add a dollop inside the bag. Seal the bag and tape it down. Let your kids go to town painting! They will have a blast and there is literally NO MESS! When they are done you simply lift up the bag from the tape and carefully take the paper out.
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If you are in a preschool setting you can easily send home the entire bag for parents to see the full activity, or you could easily take out the white paper and allow it to dry fully then send home the painting.
My kids did this today during our rainy spring break and they both had a great time. It did occupy the almost 3-year-old but he doesn’t sit still very long for much these days. The 8-year-old loved it and did several masterpieces.
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20 Comments
Love your no mess painting idea. Thanks!!!
March 15, 2016 at 3:37 amThanks! My kids loved it!!
March 15, 2016 at 9:21 amI love the no – mess thing! What a great idea! Thanks for sharing 🙂
March 15, 2016 at 12:48 pmWhat a great idea! And I love the no-mess theme. Perfect!
March 15, 2016 at 12:50 pmThanks for sharing 🙂
Great idea, this is my kind of painting!
March 21, 2016 at 4:14 pmOh good, me too! Super easy and an easy clean up 🙂
March 21, 2016 at 8:49 pmI love this idea. I will have to buy some gallon sized bags next time I’m at the store. Plus, need new paint I’m sure mine has dried up at this point. It would be a fun activity for my 4 year old.
March 23, 2016 at 10:34 pmYes! The 4 year old will love it! I had to get some new paints too before we did this 🙂 It was worth it!
March 24, 2016 at 8:13 amLove this! I need to try this – my toddler would love to paint, but I’ve been avoiding due to mess!
April 2, 2016 at 8:46 pmOh you need to try! Perfect for toddlers 🙂
April 2, 2016 at 8:50 pmThis is such a cool idea! I am always trying new art ideas with the kids, so we will definitely try this one. Thank you for co-hosting the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup with me!
April 3, 2016 at 9:51 amYeah, well that’s pretty genius! *bows down to the blogger with the clean table*
May 9, 2016 at 3:03 pmWell the table was probably dirty, just not from any paint :)!!
May 9, 2016 at 7:43 pmGenius!! I love Trista’s comment! We’d love for you to come link up at #HomeMattersParty every Friday. Hope to see you there!
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May 18, 2016 at 4:03 amHello! Quick question, do you let the paint dry completely before taking the paper out? It doesn’t stick to the bag when it dries?
August 4, 2016 at 10:23 amHi Maggie! I did take the paper out before it dried, very carefully! Sometimes my kids didn’t to keep it and I threw it all away 🙂 Hope this helps!
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March 28, 2017 at 8:39 pmDo you have a picture of what it will look like after it is dried? I’m thinking this for my preschoolers and I’m wondering if I’ll be able to have them take their work home.
September 19, 2017 at 5:51 pmI don’t! It did take awhile for it to dry! You could either: Send it home in the baggie or take the paper out of the baggie right away and let it dry for a few hours? This would be so fun for preschool!!!
September 20, 2017 at 2:47 pm