Firework Painting with String Balls

A super simple and fun firework painting that you can do with kids of all ages. And this is a great firework painting for the Fourth of July, New Years and even the Olympic!

This firework painting is a fun painting idea that is a fun activity for kids who love fireworks but might not want to watch them live.

You can pull this out and do it quick and easy. And this is a fun fireworks painting that turns out amazing.

The Firework Painting with String Balls is a great addition to the Olympic Crafts and Fourth of July crafts on the site.

Firework Painting with String Balls

The firework painting with string balls is a fun way to paint and make fireworks. You are using a fun sensory activity in with painting.

This firework painting is easy to use and can be done with different ages together.

Books to Read about Fireworks

A fun book to read about fireworks is The Explosive Story of Fireworks. You can learn about the history of fireworks.

We read the letter O for Opening ceremonies. It talked about the rich display of culture for the hosting country and fireworks. We talked a little bit about host city and you can look up past host cities as well.

What we used to make the Firework Painting

paper plate
black construction paper
elastic balls
washable paints: red, orange, yellow, blue, white and pink

Setting up our Firework Painting

You will see the way we set up everything.

Paint On a Paper Plate

You can see the paint and we put three colors on a paper. We just swirled them around on the paper plate. You can do any mix of the colors.

Put Elastic Ball in Paint

Then you put the elastic balls in the paint. You can going to try and keep just one side in the paint.

You can make sure the paint is covering the bottom of the elastic ball.

How we made the Firework Painting with String Balls

Here are all the steps that we used for painting.

Pick up a Elastic Ball with Paint on It

You can see the paint covering he elastic ball. You can see how the paint is on the rubber bands in different thickness. And part is not always covered.

That makes the painting unique.

Stamp the Elastic Ball on the Paper

Next you take that ball with that paint and stamp it on the paper. You can do a light stamp and a push really hard. it won’t matter.

You pick it up after stamping and then keep stamping over and over. You can go back for more paint or just use the paint on the ball a few times.

This makes it different each time you paint with the ball on the paper.

Add More Colors

You can go back and start adding different colors. You can see how fun it look to add a second color to the paper. And you can repeat the stamping that you did again.

You can see the how fun it is over lap on the different colors. And yes it is loads of fun. Lots of colors and it looks like fireworks going off on the paper.

Now remember that is is just a fun painting activity and no painting will look the same. And that is okay.

If they only paint with one color that is okay.

If they only use a few colors and don’t overlap that is okay.

This is something fun and easy and fun.

Final look at our Firework Painting with String Balls

More Firework Crafts & Activities For Kids

Firework Activity Pack has prewriting, numbers, shapes, and ABCs for kids. The firework pack is great for preschool, prek and kindergarten age kids. You have clip cards, tracing strips, easy reader books and no-prep worksheets. All with a fun general firework theme.

Easy to Make Oil Pastel Fireworks is a super simple craft that kids can do last minute. It is fun and easy.

Finger Painting Fireworks with Glitter Paint For Kids is a fun fireworks craft that you can do with your fingers and fun glitter paint.

Sequencing: Watching Fireworks is a sequencing set that has 4 steps for watching fireworks with clip cards, number order cards, easy reader book and writing worksheets. All to help with sequencing.

Fireworks Fine Motor Mat Printable has 3 different mats for kids to use with fireworks that is loads of fun for kids.

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