5 Ways to Make Firework Art

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These 5 Ways to Make Firework Art are a perfect activity to celebrate Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, or a summer birthday. They are simple and entertaining to make. Kids can work on fine and gross motor skills while creating a unique piece of art.

The 5 Ways to Make Firework Art are a great way to practice fine motor skills like grasping between finger and thumb while working on large areas develops large muscle control which is a gross motor skill.

5 Ways to Make Firework Art

Firework Painting with Forks

Supplies:

• Construction Paper
• Craft paint like tempera, acrylic, or a washable kind
• Paper plate
• Forks metal or plastic
• Water in cup/bowl for rinsing
• Paper towels

How to paint:

1. Cover the work area to protect the surfaces.
2. On a paper plate, put a blob or two of paint. Thin with water if needed.
3. Repeat for as many colors as needed. I managed to get two colors on each plate.
4. Dab the base of the fork into the paint.
5. Gently rock the fork prongs across the construction paper.
6. Repeat as many times as needed to create a firework, at least 4 but more looks better.
7. Rinse fork and repeat with a different color.

The kids all enjoyed this new way of painting but found it challenging to get the fork marks exactly. We used plastic forks maybe metal forks will work better?

Firework Painting with Toilet Paper Rolls

Supplies:

• Construction Paper
• Craft paint like tempera, acrylic, or a washable kind
• Paper plate
• Toilet paper rolls (1 per color of paint)
• Scissors
• Paper towels

How to paint:

1. Cover the work area to protect the surfaces.
2. Using the scissors cut strips about an inch long all the way around the toilet paper roll.
3. Then fan out the strips all the way around the toilet paper roll.
4. On a paper plate, put a blob or two of paint in the middle. Thin with water if needed.
5. Repeat for as many colors as needed. One color per plate works well if you don’t want mixed colors.
6. Dab the fanned out strips of the toilet paper roll into the paint.
7. Gently push the toilet paper roll onto the construction paper.
8. Then push each strip down if needed.
9. Use a different toilet paper roll with a different color to create more fireworks.

The kids loved this new way of painting and had fun creating there own interpretations of fireworks.

Firework Painting by Blowing with Straws

Supplies:

• Construction Paper
• Craft paint like tempera, acrylic, or a washable kind
• Straws
• Eye dropper or paintbrush
• Water in cup/bowl for rinsing
• Paper towels

How to paint:

1. Cover the work area to protect the surfaces.
2. Using an eye dropper, drop a dot of paint on the paper.
3. Then use the straw to blow the paint around the paper.
4. Repeat with a different color to create another firework.

The kids were indifferent with this new way of painting. It was pretty challenging to blow the paint. They switched to painting with the straw dipped in the paint and making splatter marks with paintbrushes.

Firework Painting with Salt

Supplies:

• Construction Paper
• Craft paint like tempera, acrylic, or a washable kind
• Salt
• Glue
• Paintbrushes
• Tray like a cookie sheet
• Water in cup/bowl for rinsing
• Paper towels

How to paint:

1. Cover the work area to protect the surfaces.
2. Use glue to draw a firework design(s) on paper inside a tray.
3. Then cover the whole design with a layer of table salt.
4. Carefully, pick the paper up and shake the salt into the tray.
5. Let the salt dry.
6. Once the salt is dry, use a paintbrush to apply a dot of water-downed paint to the salt.
7. Repeat as many times as needed to color the firework.
8. Follow the same process for each firework on the paper.

The kids thought this new way of painting was fun but were impatient to wait for the glue to dry.

Firework Art with Glitter

Supplies:

• Construction Paper
• Glitter
• Glue
• Tray like a cookie sheet

How to paint:

1. Cover the work area to protect the surfaces.
2. Use glue to draw a firework design(s) on paper inside a tray.
3. Then using one or more colors of glitter cover the whole design with a layer of glitter.
4. Carefully, pick the paper up and shake the glitter into the tray.
5. Let the glue dry.

This was the kids’ favorite art project. Probably because it is so sparkly.

Any of the 5 Ways to Make Firework Art would be a fun craft for toddlers and kids at a birthday party, Memorial Day BBQ, 4th of July Picnic, or Labor Day gathering. Simply have a station or stations set up with the supplies needed and an example project. Then let the kids go to town creating their own firework art.

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Have a great day!

Brandi

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