Learn how to do marbleized painting with a golf ball and a cardboard box. It’s a fun way for kids to make art while strengthening gross-motor coordination and fine motor skills.
This Marbleized Egg Garland is a great Easter craft for kids of all ages. The painting process is a lot of fun, and the garland will look so pretty decorating a window or a mantel.
I have quite a few Easter craft ideas for young kids on my blog, and I have some great ones for older kids too.
Your toddlers and preschoolers will love this one. The marbleized painting process I’ll be showing you is so fun for little ones.
Hint: it involves a box and a few golf balls and there’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on!
What you’ll need to make your Easter Egg Garland:
- Cardboard box (deep enough to contain your golf balls as they zing and bounce around)
- White cardboard or card stock
- pastel coloured paint (we used glitter paint as well)
- 2 or 3 golf balls
- yarn
And now for the fun part – painting with golf balls!
Cut your cardboard or paper to fit the bottom of the box, and have your child squirt, drizzle, and dab their paint onto their “canvas”.
Place your paper into the box and drop the golf balls in, and get shaking!
The kids just love this part, and it can get pretty silly. If you think things might get a little out of hand, you might want to use a box with a lid. I find it helps to remind the hooligans to shake the box back and forth instead of bouncing it up and down.
Now, it might not look like much at this point, but just wait until you cut some “eggs” out of your painted paper or cardboard.
Punch a couple of holes in the top of each egg, and have your child thread their eggs onto a long length of yarn.
Wait! What if you don’t have a child’s sewing needle?
How to make a child’s sewing needle from a drinking straw:
Cut a plastic straw to the desired length, and make a small slit in one end. Feed your wool through the length of the straw, and slip it into the slit to secure it in place.
Isn’t that handy?
When the threading is done, drape your garland along a mantel or hang it in a window or doorway. Happy Easter!
You may also like:
- Tissue Paper Easter Wreath
- Toilet Roll Peeps in Nests
- Toilet Roll Chicks
- Toilet Roll Easter Bunnies
- Easter Napkin Rings
- TIn foil Tissue Eggs
- Stained Glass Easter Eggs
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Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the creative spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids’ crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.
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Lisa Butler
Wow! I’d love to try this idea! Perhaps I can give it a go at my next ‘Mimi Create and Make with our local toddler group? The sewing needle idea is absolutely fantastic- I used this idea to help the younger children at my recent family art session to sew ribbons and threads through holes in fruit and egg cartons, to make an Easter basket! Works a treat!!