As you may have noticed from previous posts, I really like melting to stuff, particularly crayons. This process art was something we decided to do to add to the community caterpillar that is growing outside our school bit it was so much fun and the results were so pretty that I’m planning on decorating more […]
Process Art for Children
Process art is the creation of art where the process used to create it is part of the end result. Sometimes called open ended art, process art has no fixed out outcome. I love it because there is no pressure to achieve something particular and quite often what the kids create is better than what I create.
Process art is often messy, but if you don’t like mess then just wait until the weather is good because most of them can be done outside.
What are the Benefits of Process Art Activities for kids?
Process art is great for children because it allows them to express their creativity. Without the pressure to create a specific result they are free to explore the colours and materials any way they want. Children who aren’t that good at traditional drawing and painting can have the satisfaction of creating something truly beautiful. Process art also levels everyone’s abilities, the oldest child (or even the adult) won’t necessarily create the best work.
Process art is a great family activity. Even really young children can get involved in some of the activities and it really is as much fun for the adults as the children.
What Can You Do With Process Art?
We all know that it can be difficult to know what to do with the huge volume of art that children create. We’ve found various different uses for our process art creations over the years. Some of what we’ve made has been used as gifts. The fact that any one can create an attractive result with process art methods means we’ve been able to create some lovely gifts over the years for friends and family. We’ve also created end of year and Christmas gifts for teachers.
Lots of our process art creations have also been used as greetings cards. Sometimes this is by working on a piece of A4 card and folding it into a card shape and sometimes by cutting shapes like hearts and starts from our creations and sticking them onto cards.
We also sometimes use our work as wrapping paper and make gift tags from it. It works best for smaller presents and makes the gift really personal.
You might also like to have a look at our seasonal process art projects.
How to Make Alcohol Ink Coasters
Alcohol ink isn’t the cheapest process art material but it has come down in price a lot recently and you can create some stunning results with it. As well as these beautiful alcohol ink coasters, you can also create these Christmas tree baubles or these bookmarks, both of which make great gifts for teachers. The process […]
How to Make Sun Catchers with PVA Glue and Food Colouring
Since we bought a bumper pack of food colouring from Amazon, I’ve been surprised how many things we’ve used it for that are totally unrelated to baking! These sun catchers are made by painting on wet glue with food colouring. You could make these pretty marbled sun catchers with liquid water colours too however food […]
Squeegee Painting – An Easy Process Art to do with Kids
We love trying out new methods of getting colours on to paper and so were exited to try out squeegee painting. I initially thought I’d have to buy some squeegees to do this but then Boy Child pointed out that we have squeegees in the car for clearing our windows. We brought them in and […]
Bubble Painting – A Process Art Activity for All Ages
All kids love bubbles so it stands to reason they’ll love bubble painting. I did this activity with a 7 year old and a 9 year old but, as long as you take precautions to deal with the mess, it would would work well for any age. It would also make a great toddler group […]