Winter Activity #3 - Make a Wall Canvas for the Kids

We have enough coloring books around here to open a store. But there are only so many 8.5x11 pictures kids want to color.

So for this week's activity, I made a wall canvas with banner paper and a few strips of tape. The canvas stretches high above my little artist's head and flows onto the floor.

The paper we use is Elmer's white 25-yard banner paper that's 24 inches wide. It's a nice sturdy paper that can hold messy watercolors and markers without the color seeping through onto your walls.

By cutting two sheets the same length and taping them together on the back, I was able to give my son a 48-inch wide wall canvas with the banner paper. That's longer than he is!

I put up one canvas for watercolors, another for crayons and a third for markers. It's like he's got his very own art studio right in his room.

Try this project to give your kids a new twist on creativity. In just a few minutes and for about $10 worth of paper (less if you find a coupon from craft stores), your kids can have their own wall canvas to paint 5-foot tall flowers, scribble life-sized pictures of their favorite animals or even write the alphabet in gigantic letters. And when they're ready to start another masterpiece, just replace the banner paper with a fresh sheet, and they're good to go!

More Winter Activities:

• Winter Activity #1 - Kids' Building Projects
• Winter Activity #2 - Indoor Hopscotch
• Winter Activity #3 - Make a Wall Canvas
• Winter Activity #4 - Take Flight
• Winter Activity #5 - Shoot an "I Love You" Photo Collage
• Winter Activity #6 - Create an "I Ruff You" Foam Dog
• Winter Activity #7 - Play a Life-Sized Board Game
• Winter Activity #8 - Turn Your House Into a Movie Theater
• Winter Activity #9 - Create a Website With Your Kids
• Winter Activity #10 - Explore Cultures of the World

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