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Salad Spinner Art

This is a good activity for older toddlers. You may want to donate your salad spinner to the craft box after you do this activity.

Materials

  • Salad spinner
  • Paper plate
  • Paint

Directions

  1. Remove the plastic insert from the salad spinner and place a small paper plate in the bottom.
  2. Replace the insert on top of the paper plate.
  3. Dribble a little paint into the spinner, put the lid on, and spin.
  4. If you like, add another color or two and spin some more for a nice effect.

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Copyright © 1999 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Toddler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.

To order this book visit Meadowbrook Press.


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