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Jumbo Geometric String Painting With Kids

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We were in the mood for a project, and since the rain cleared up after almost a week straight, we took it outside. I had this geometric string painting idea in my head for a while. I think our string art turned out pretty cool, I must say! Plus, it was so much fun to make!

Jumbo Geometric String Art

How To Do the Jumbo String Painting Art Project:

To start, you’ll need a large piece of paper. We used a large roll of white butcher paper, twine and tempera paint to do our string painting. You will also need at least three people to do it successfully. It is a perfect group art project.

Tape a big piece of paper down outside in a paint-friendly location. I used two long strips of paper together to make ours into more of a square shape.

Pour some washable paint onto a plate or tray. We use washable tempera paints. This is a messy project, so you will want to use washable paint so it all comes out after you are finished.

Next, cut a long piece of string or yarn. Make use it is a bit longer than the length and width of your paper.

Dip the string into a plate of paint to cover it. yYou’ll want the paint to be pretty thick.

Get two people to hold the ends of the string across the paper, just a touch above the ground level. Then, the third person will pull the string up a little to make it snap. This will make a line of paint across your paper.

Pick up the string, re-dip it on the paint, and move to a new location to repeat the process. Do it as many times as you want to make different sized geometric shapes around the paper. Let the lines of paint dry.

We made all of our lines with one dark color so they would stand out, but you can do a few colors if you’d rather do it that way!

String Art

Once the paint lines are dry, then you can fill in the shapes you created with different paint colors. There will be lots of different sizes and shapes from all of the lines.

string painting

When painting our string art, we used tons of different paint colors to make it really bright and colorful. The kids wanted to use pretty much every paint color! Mix your paints to create even more colors.

Jumbo String Painting

We LOVE how it turned out! Now where to put it?!

Turn this String Painting Project into a Math Art Activity!

Put an educational spin on this project. Measure the angles of your different lines. Or, figure out the area of the different sections you paint.

Want more math art projects? I have so many fun ones here on my site.

Also, did you know I have a whole book on the topic? Find it here: Math Art and Drawing Games for Kids

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