Submitted by Jan Dolling, elementary teacher at Para Vista Primary School in Adelaide, South Australia.

Level: 4 years old

Materials:

Used roll-on deodorant bottles, Fluorescent paint, black Paper, shoe boxes, toothbrushes.

Procedure: Here are some of the fun ways we have come up with to apply paint to paper!

1. Under-arm Roller painting. Thoroughly wash empty roll-on deodorant bottles and half fill with fluorescent acrylic paint. Snap the roll-on lid back on and let them at it! Looks great on black brennex paper.
2. Golf ball Rollers. Cut paper slightly larger than the base of a shoe box and place in the bottom of the box folding up the excess. Dribble 3 or 4 different colours of fluorescent or ordinary paint onto the paper and drop in a golf ball. The children have great fun rolling the ball around and around making tracks. When complete remove the paper and repeat the process.
3. Toothbrush Splatter paint. You will need to make up several square timber frames with screen wire or nylon attached over the top. Paper used must be bigger than the frame. Chooses a template (for example - a rabbit shape for Easter, a leaf shape if talking about plants) and place on the paper with the screen over the top. Using thin mix of paint dip in the toothbrush and scrub onto the wire above the template. This produces a fine splatter of paint. Remove the template and a distinct silhouette of the template is formed.