Blindfold painting
- Timescale:
- 20 mins - 1 hour
- Materials:
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- Easel (or a wall you don’t mind getting messy)
- Big sheets of paper (wallpaper is great)
- Paints
- Brushes
- Step 1:
- Cover a wall with paper or use an easel
- Step 2:
- (For children who are not blind or visually impaired) Let them feel the paper, paints and brushes with their eyes closed first then blindfold and guide them to the paper
- Step 3:
- Ask them to tell you about what they are painting.
- Step 4:
- Ensure that any child who is to wear a blindfold is happy to do so, and is supervised while wearing it.
- Handy hints:
- Please ensure that the materials you use are non-toxic.
- Please read the "Things you need to know" section before you prepare for this activity.
- Have fun and get mucky!
- Please read the Things you need think about first section section before you prepare for this activity.
- Credit:
- Barbara Aitken for Sense Scotland, February 2006.
