Pendulum Painting: Fun Ideas with Cardboard Boxes

May 5, 2011 by 18 Comments

Pendulem Paint a cardboard box Cardboard Boxes – There are so many fun things that my preschoolers and I can do with them!  They among my kids favorite “toys”.  Rachele from Tinkerlab, in honor of her 1-year blogging birthday, is having a round-up of activities you can do with cardboard boxes.  Fun!  We had fun “throwing paint” onto our box with a makeshift pendulum.

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How to have fun playing and decorating a  cardboard box?

We used paint, yarn, a clothespin, diaper wipes, a cardboard box and some willing kiddos to help the paint fly.

. decorating cardboard boxes with kids

After tying the yarn to a nail we had hanging on a beam, we squeezed the paint onto a diaper wipe, pulled back and let it fly!  When that got boring we began throwing the wipes.  Could you believe that my two year old left to go play in a different part of the yard?  We were having too much fun for her – that and it was harder for her to reach/pull/throw the paint.   Poor thing.

. Pendulem paint with preschooler and boxes

Many thanks to the other participants in the Cardboard box challenge.  Have fun browsing their submissions:

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Comments

  1. Roopa(Putti Amma) says:
    May 5, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    How fun!! Love the idea of throwing wipes dipped in paint:) We did some messy art too….

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  2. Deborah says:
    May 5, 2011 at 10:56 pm

    This is awesome:)

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  3. Michelle says:
    May 5, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    Wow, this looks like so much fun!!!

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  4. Jill @ a mom with a lesson plan says:
    May 6, 2011 at 7:22 am

    What a fun mess!!! This is a perfect summer project. . .can’t wait to try it out.

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  5. Debbie says:
    May 6, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    I love this! I can so see Selena doing this in our back yard, once it stops raining of course.

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  6. Rachelle says:
    May 6, 2011 at 10:06 pm

    What gorgeous photos! Throwing paint-filled wipes would make my daughter laugh — we’ll have to try it this summer. Thanks for joining the collaboration!

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  7. Kate @ An Amazing Child says:
    May 7, 2011 at 12:05 am

    Throwing paint is always fun. I’m starting to wonder whether any of us actually ever do any painting with paint :)

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  8. Rashmie @MommyLabs says:
    May 7, 2011 at 10:27 am

    What a colourful and happy mess! And the photos are lovely. Poor thing, your little 2 year old – she must have felt overwhelmed. But, a few months down the line, she’l give you good competition at throwing the wipes! haha..

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  9. Kristin says:
    May 7, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    I need to pick up some paints! My little dude is 2 1/2 and we haven’t ventured into painting territory yet. : )

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  10. maggy, red ted art says:
    May 8, 2011 at 3:50 am

    Oh this looks fabulously fun!!!! Great for the warmer weather heading our way!! Love it!!

    Don’t forget to stop by at Kids Get Crafty (every Wednesday) http://www.redtedart.com/2011/05/04/kids-get-crafty-loo-roll-monsters/

    Hope to see you there again ;-) !

    Maggy

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  11. Dave @ EMT Training says:
    July 13, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    Thanks for the great idea, my kids need some new play ideas and this is a great one. Looks like fun! They already love constructing anything and everything with the egg cartons ;-)

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  13. sage erp x3 says:
    April 7, 2012 at 10:19 am

    Great, look like so much interesting.

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  14. Carolyn says:
    February 22, 2013 at 10:46 am

    Caroboard boxes have so many uses, when making fun craft activities for kids.

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