Balloon Painting

This idea came from my college days in preschool classrooms.  

I gave O the choice of painting with balloons or doing some multi-medium artwork with paint and pastels.  She enthusiastically chose the balloons.  

It began well enough.  3 paint colors with coordinating balloons.

She enjoyed painting with balloons for a grand total of 4 minutes.  She smeared the balloons across the page (interestingly, she drags stamps across the page too after just a few minutes of stamping the correct way).  She mixed a few colors, then asked if she could paint with her fingers.

Maybe she will like activity in a few months.  We will have to try it again later.