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    You are here: Home / Art and Crafts / Shaken Container Painting: Art Project for Active Kids

     

    Shaken Container Painting: Art Project for Active Kids

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    Since my kids are not usually content to sit around and draw in a quiet, meditative manner, I seed out active art projects like this awesome shaken container art activity. Kiddo recently did a whole lot of shakin'. (OK, that was suuuuupercheesy.)

    Fun active art project for kids. Shaken container painting

    This is a really fun art activity that is perfect for rowdy, active kids of all ages.  It makes a great preschool art project but even big kids will love it, especially if you take it outside and toss it around with great vigor. (This post contains affiliate links.)

    Shaken Container Painting

    What you need:

    • Plastic container (we used a yogurt container)
    • Washable paint (washable -- trust me)
    • Paper cut to size. Finger paint paper is a great choice.
    • Stuff to shake such as marbles, buttons, hardware, rocks, pom poms, etc.

    Supplies for shaken container painting.

    Drop in a few items. Or all of them, as my son immediately did. The results will vary according to whether or not your objects are soft, hard, pointy, smooth, as well as according to how many you drop in the container. Turn this art project into an investigative experiment by comparing results!

    Filled container for shaken preschool art project
    Add some paint. Try one, or two or even a dozen colors. Explore color mixing with primary colors! Are the results a muddy brown? That's okay, too.

    Shake Shake Shake!!!!! Take it outside and roll or toss around. Get as active as you want and your circumstances allow.

    Container art project being shaken

    From personal experience I can confirm that if you do not put the lid on tightly, the contents will, in fact, fly everywhere. (Just sayin') Remember the washable paint advice? Yeah, that.

    Opening the shaken art container
    Voilà!

    Shaken container art results

    Shaken container paint art project for kids.

    Watch the video of how it's done!!

    More active art projects for kids:

    • Spin art
    • Window painting
    • Painting with marbles
    • Giant comic strip art

    Can you handle all the activities on our GIGANTIC indoor activities list? Take a look: Indoor activities for kids.

    Active art project for kids - shaken container painting
    Fun active art container painting.
    Container art project
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    1. Lisa says

      March 10, 2009 at 3:10 pm

      Great fun!! LOL at putting the lid on comment! Have you ever tried doing it with acorns??

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    2. Jenny says

      March 10, 2009 at 7:42 pm

      That looks like a lot of fun, and we go through a ton of yogurt! CJ will have fun coming up with ideas of what to shake up, I'm sure.

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    3. cathy says

      March 11, 2009 at 3:18 am

      FUN! We're going to give this a try this week. I think that my 5 yr old and 2 yr old will both really dig this activity. Keep those good ideas coming!

      Reply
    4. Mom and Kiddo says

      March 11, 2009 at 5:16 am

      Acorns sounds like a good idea. It would be fun to go on a nature hunt for things to use.

      Reply
    5. kristina says

      February 04, 2015 at 12:45 am

      this is awesome! Thanks for sharing. My 4 year old is totally going to dig this.

      Reply

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