Paper Roll Painted Moon Painting

The moon is a theme you can do all year! And this moon painting is perfect for kids to do.

You have a little setup and lots of fun painting your moon.

Adding a paper roll to the moon painting makes it loads of fun for kids. And you can learn about the ph

Paper Roll Painted Moon Painting - a simple full moon painting that kids can make with paper roll. Super easy to make and loads of fun to display. - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Paper Roll Painted Moon is a great addition to the moon activities and paper roll crafts on the site.

What is a paper roll painting?

Paper roll painting is where you apply paint to a piece of paper using a paper roll. You can stamp the paper roll, roll the paper roll and more.

Paper Roll Painting Moon

This is a simple moon painting that different ages can do. You use a circle template and paint the moon with paper roll and follow up with stars at the end.

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Moon Books to Read with this Moon Painting

The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons is one of our favorites. You can see the different phases of the moon. It is a book you can learn a lot about the moon.

Another great books is The Moon Seems to Change. it goes into more detail about why the moon changes.

What we used to make the Paper Roll Painted Moon

Paper Roll Painted Moon - a simple full moon painting that kids can make with paper roll. Super easy to make and loads of fun to display. - 3Dinosaurs.com

How we made the Paper Roll Painted Moon

You will see all the steps below we use to make the paper roll painted moon.

Preparing the Full Moon Cut out

You print of the full moon from the phases of the moon fine motor mats.

You want to cut out the moon on the page. You can see how it looks below.

Then you use masking tape and tape the full moon mat onto the black construction paper. You want to do this so that it does not move while you are painting.

Put Black And White Paint on a Paper Plate

You put the black and white paint on a paper plate. You might want to have more white than black paint.

You can use the paper roll to mix the paint together.

It is okay if the paint is not totally mixed to make grey. The moon has different variations of the colors.

Painting the Moon

Now that you have the paper all set up and the paint ready, we paint the moon.

You put the paper roll in the paint and stamp it on the paper.

You can see the mixed paint shows up on the black paper. And yes you might see a few bubbles like this while painting.

You have kids have loads of fun just painting the area with the paper roll. they can do a lot of stamping or a little bit of stamping.

Let them decide when they are done.

Looking at the Moon after Painting

After they finish painting the moon. You remove the paper template from the black paper.

Be cause if you use construction paper because it might tear a little bit.

You can see how the moon looks below.

Painting Stars Around the Moon

The final step is painting the stars around the moon. You can do a few stars or a lot.

You dip the q-tip in paint and put dots around the moon you have painted.

It is fun because no one will have the same start pattern.

Final look at our Paper Roll Painted Moon

More Moon Activities for kids

Phases of the Moon Fine Motor Mats Printable has all 8 phases of the moon with coloring, tracing, and dot marker. A great way to have learning a little science and some fine motor.

Easy to Make Phases Of the Moon Wreath is a fun way to teach kids the phases while doing a fun craft.

You can make a fun 3D Model of the Phases of the Moon. A fun way to see way the moon moves around the Earth.

Process Art: Watercolor Moon is a great moon project for kids to do. Plus fun to see how it turns out.

Check out all the fun Moon Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.