Egg Rolling
Roll wooden eggs through rivers of paint in big, bold, beautiful chaos.
The Set Up
Big, collaborative, a little bit messy, and the results are always spectacular. If you're after an art experience that gets everyone moving and laughing, this is it!
We use the big cardboard fruit boxes from our local greengrocer. They have nice high sides that keep things (mostly) contained. Pop an A3 sheet of paper in the bottom, and offer wooden eggs for rolling. You could use any egg or ball shape, just make sure it's heavier than a ping pong ball…those just get stuck in the paint and don't really roll.
Set out paint brushes and jars of paint so artists can plop colour onto the page.
The Making
Artists brush or squeeze paint onto the paper, drop in the eggs, and start rolling. Tilt the box, shake it gently, or just roll the eggs with your hands. The tracks and trails the eggs leave behind are mesmerising... swirling, overlapping, mixing. Every time you add a new colour, the pattern changes.
This is a wonderful one for teamwork. Two or three kids holding the same box and tilting it together creates a beautiful shared experience. But it works just as well solo. There's something incredibly satisfying about rolling an egg through fresh paint and watching the lines appear.
When the paper is covered, pull it out to dry and pop in a fresh sheet.
Materials
• Large cardboard boxes
• A3 paper
• Wooden eggs
• Poster or tempera paints in jars
• Brushes for applying paint
• Optional: marbles or golf balls for different effects (or any balls heavier than ping pong balls)
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Egg Rolling
Roll wooden eggs through rivers of paint in big, bold, beautiful chaos.
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The Set Up
Big, collaborative, a little bit messy, and the results are always spectacular. If you're after an art experience that gets everyone moving and laughing, this is it!
We use the big cardboard fruit boxes from our local greengrocer. They have nice high sides that keep things (mostly) contained. Pop an A3 sheet of paper in the bottom, and offer wooden eggs for rolling. You could use any egg or ball shape, just make sure it's heavier than a ping pong ball…those just get stuck in the paint and don't really roll.
Set out paint brushes and jars of paint so artists can plop colour onto the page.
The Making
Artists brush or squeeze paint onto the paper, drop in the eggs, and start rolling. Tilt the box, shake it gently, or just roll the eggs with your hands. The tracks and trails the eggs leave behind are mesmerising... swirling, overlapping, mixing. Every time you add a new colour, the pattern changes.
This is a wonderful one for teamwork. Two or three kids holding the same box and tilting it together creates a beautiful shared experience. But it works just as well solo. There's something incredibly satisfying about rolling an egg through fresh paint and watching the lines appear.
When the paper is covered, pull it out to dry and pop in a fresh sheet.
Materials
• Large cardboard boxes
• A3 paper
• Wooden eggs
• Poster or tempera paints in jars
• Brushes for applying paint
• Optional: marbles or golf balls for different effects (or any balls heavier than ping pong balls)
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