Things You'll Need:
- Sheet of bubble wrap
- Large paint brush
- Assorted colored tempera paints
- Heavy white art paper
- White butcher paper (to make wrapping paper)
- Small paper cups
- Masking tape
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Step 1
Prepare the classroom for a painting project by spreading out newspapers. Pour individual portions of tempera paint into paper cups. Provide another cup of water for the students to use to clean their brushes between colors. Tell the students to put on their art smocks.
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Step 2
Pass out one piece of white art paper to each child if you are making pictures. If, on the other hand, you are creating wrapping paper, unroll one 8-foot section of butcher paper on a table or the floor and allow the students to control one section each of the roll. Secure either kind of paper to the table with masking tape to prevent the print from wiggling as it is transferred from the bubble wrap to the paper.
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Step 3
Distribute a sheet of bubble wrap to each child. Demonstrate how to paint the bubble wrap with tempera. Some of the bubbles and the sections between them will receive more of the paint than others. Try to cover the bubble wrap with a thick coat of paint.
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Step 4
Turn the painted bubble wrap over on top of the white art or butcher paper. Press down. Some of the bubbles will pop which will make the design more interesting. Carefully remove the bubble wrap after the paint has been transferred off of the bubble wrap and onto the paper. Do another print. Use the same color paint or change colors.
