Bubble Wrap Roller Art for Kids

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Materials Needed

• Rolling Pin – I use the one from our Playdough Set
• Bubble Wrap
• Kids Paint
• Paper

How to make Bubble Wrap Painting

When I initially tried this fun activity, I placed dots of paint randomly all over the page. My kids had lots of fun because I knew that they would love squishing the dots, but the pictures didn’t look like the rainbow I was hoping for. If you just want your toddlers and preschoolers to have fun. Then this way worked perfectly. The next time I tried this activity, I did it a little differently.

If you want to save your rainbow dots to use with a future bubble wrap art project instead, then try the step by step tutorial below instead. It’ll create the best results for that fun rainbow pattern that you can then use for other craft projects.

Step 1: Make your roller.

Cut a small piece of bubble wrap and roll it around your roller. Make sure that the bubble side of the bubble wrap is facing outwards.

I used the roller from our playdough set, because it’s easy to wash. However if you have a long cardboard tube, that would also work for this art activity.

Since I used a playdough roller I just attached the bubble wrap to the roller using sticky tape. But if you’re going to use a cardboard tube instead, you can always glue the bubble wrap directly to the roller instead.

2. Prepare your paint

On a separate sheet of paper, create lines of different colored paint. It doesn’t have to be a thick layer of paint, but it does have to be long enough to cover the entire roller.

3. Make your patterns

Coat the bubble wrap with the rainbow paint. The easiest way to do this is to just roll and roller through the paint.

Next, roll the now paint covered roller, over your page to make bubble wrap art.

Initially, you won’t really see the circles of the bubble wrap prints because the paint will still be quite thick. However, the more lines you do, the more the bubble pattern will stand out.

4. Let your picture dry.

Once your picture is dry, you can use it for more bubble wrap painting ideas. Cut out the colors and use the shapes to make fish, umbrella pictures for rainy days, or any other fun art projects you can think of.

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