Here's one of our simple kids' activities that entails just what its name implies: today you guys are going to making beautiful art using every single color in the house. Perfect for a mellow 'Winter Break' day as the holidays wind down![more]
First, amass all the "colors" in your house — that is, crayons, markers, pens, and so forth. In my house, this doesn't take a lot of work, because my lovely wife keeps everything so nicely organized, and all the drawing implements are stored together in a cabinet.
Next, give every participant a blank sheet of paper. Each person should think of a subject for their drawing — though this "subject" can be a loose idea and change as the activity goes forward.
Choose a crayon or marker at random. Each person will make a line or two with the chosen color to start realizing their artistic "vision," and then pass it to the next person.
Choose another crayon and have everybody make a line with that, until you've gone through all the "colors" you've amassed. (This could take a long time. That's okay. Sometimes art takes time — and the time is supposed to be fun, too.)
The charm of this art activity is something that you have to see yourself. In a nutshell, though, many, many lines of many, many colors has an unusual and very pleasing effect.
Truth be told, at our house, we did this activity using only crayons. I think we have somehow amassed over 300 of them, though, so we did have a lot to go through.
And as a parent and bread-winner, I'm glad that — with this activity — my family is getting our money's worth from all the colors in the whole house.
