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Puffy Paint Night Sky: A Glow in the Dark Toddler Art Activity

Puffy Paint Night Sky: A Glow in the Dark Toddler Art Activity

October 24, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 3 Comments

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This week as part of the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids, we are reading Time for Bed by Mem Fox. This book is about saying goodnight to all of the animals in the book. It is beautifully illustrated and all of my kids love checking out the different backgrounds in the books, and the habitats of the animals. There are some really nice starry skies in the book, which was the inspiration for our glow in the dark, puffy paint night sky!

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This fun art project based on the book, Time for Bed, creates a puffy paint night sky that can glow in the dark! Fun for kids of all ages.

A Glow in the Dark, Puffy Paint Night Sky

DIY Puffy Paint Recipe

What you need: 

    • 1/2 cup flour
    • 2 tsp baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1/2 cup water
    • 2 oz glow in the dark acrylic paint
    • squeeze bottle


What to do:

  1. Combine all dry ingredients, then add the water and paint.
  2. Mix well with a whisk until you get a pancake consistency.
  3. Pour the mixture in to a squeeze bottle.
  4. Optional. Add food coloring to the mixture.

To Make Your Night Sky

  1. We used black construction paper and a while crayon to draw some basic star and moon shapes as a template.
  2. Have your child use the squeeze bottle to paint on the lines or fill in the shapes that you have drawn.This fun art project based on the book, Time for Bed, creates a puffy paint night sky that can glow in the dark! Fun for kids of all ages.
  3. Place the artwork in the microwave for 30 seconds to see it puff up and harden. (My kids LOVE this part!)This fun art project based on the book, Time for Bed, creates a puffy paint night sky that can glow in the dark! Fun for kids of all ages.
  4. Depending on the type of glow in the dark paint you used, follow the directions on the bottle to see if you need to activate the paint by placing under a UV or direct light.
  5. Turn off the lights, and watch your night sky glow!

This fun art project based on the book, Time for Bed, creates a puffy paint night sky that can glow in the dark! Fun for kids of all ages.

My kids completing this project were 1 and 3, so even with the template, the night sky was a pretty abstract rendition in most cases. But, they knew what they were making, and loved watching their stars and moons light up!

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What are they learning?

Using a squeeze bottle is great for motor skills, and tracing a template is also excellent pre-writing practice.

This fun art project based on the book, Time for Bed, creates a puffy paint night sky that can glow in the dark! Fun for kids of all ages.


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Comments

  1. Lauren says

    October 24, 2016 at 1:20 pm

    This looks like so much fun! My kids love ANYTHING that glows in the dark!!

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  2. shelah says

    October 25, 2016 at 10:32 am

    We love puffy paint and using glow in the dark paint for the stars is perfect. The kids will love this art project!

    Reply

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