Macaroni Craft: Sponge Painting for Kids

Since I homeschool my son, I'm always trying to find different art projects for him to work on. Sponge painting is something that he always seems to like doing, so I try to incorporate that into his lessons at least once a season. We just completed this snowman picture, but this can be done at any time of the year, using simple concepts, like flowers, butterflies, leaves ... just about anything!

What you need:

• Tempera paints in containers large enough to handle the sponges (I recycle plastic fruit cup bowls for this type of project)
• Pieces of natural sea sponges - found at most hobby stores
• Construction paper

What you do:
Depending on the ages of your children, you can either provide a theme to paint and then let their imaginations go wild, or for younger children, you can do a basic sketch in pencil and then let them fill it in with paint using the different sides of the sponges. There really isn't a right or wrong way to do this ... just let their creative juices flow!