Painting Fireworks with Marbles

One of Alex's favorite things about the Fourth of July is the fireworks.  He looks forward to them all year long.  Every year they put on a huge show at a local lake and he gets so excited to go.  He is already ready to go this year.  He can not wait!

I thought that it would fun if he and I did a little fireworks painting.  I mean, what could be more fun than combining two of his favorite things.

This is such a simple project to do and it does not takes much to complete.

Here is what we used:

•  red, white, and blue acrylic paints
• marble
• black sheet of construction paper
• box lid like from a box of copy paper

I placed the paper in the box lid and then put spots of paint with the three colors all over the paper.

 I then gave Alex the lid and let him shake it until his hearts content.  He loved it!  

This is such a simple project and great for your preschool child or even one a little older.  It really did kinda look like fireworks when he was finished!