Slide Painting with Balls !!

My daughter loooooves the slide, what kid doesnt! So she was very excited about this paint activity. This was inspired by TinkerLab's Slide Drawing.

We have a slide in our apartment complex which is not used much. It is steep and the the bars to get on top of the slide are spaced very widely apart which makes it difficult for little kids. Putti does not like playing there because each time she needs to get on the top, she needs my help. I hardly see any kids playing there and it was perfect for our activity. Only thing was I had to wait for weekend to play this because we have to do this in the morning, to avoid the heat and humidity. Also so that hubby will be around to take photos.

This weekend first thing in the morning, we gathered our materials — roll of paper, some balls, paints, bowls, painters tape, a scissor, baby wipes and a cardboard box — and went to the play area for some Slide Painting!
I first taped the paper onto the slide and Putti rolled the balls for a couple of times which enabled us to know where to keep the cardboard box to catch the balls.

Poured the paints into bowls and put the balls in it..

Later Putti had a 'Ball' rolling the balls dipped in paint down the slide. There goes the first one !

And then another and another....

She enjoyed the whole process a lot..

She wanted to come down to pick the balls and climb up again,but that was not possible with this slide:(
She did try to see if standing and throwing the ball made any difference. The balls would miss the cardboard box and land on the grass which got her very excited !!

 Also tried leaning forward and rolling..

Putti could have done this all day long, but the humidity was too much, glad we started at 7.30AM in the morning!. The temperature ☼ outside was already 85F, but it felt like high 90s.

So we wrapped up and we’ll return again sometime for more.

 The box which caught the balls had some nice patterns too !

 Maybe next time we will try rolling tin cans or toy cars dipped in paint, but will have to wait for the end of summer!

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