BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules: Summer Camp "Friendship Rocks": Marble Painting with Balloons

The Clubhouse is the Behavioral Intervention Association's (http://www.bia4autism.org) after-school program. Once a week, children between the ages of 5 and 12, who have communication and social challenges, meet and engage in fun activities to practice different social skills. The Explorers focus on skills such as staying with the group, greetings, turn taking, participating independently in activities, and brief exchanges with peers. The Adventurers focus on skills such as initiating and maintaining conversations, perspective taking, and negotiating with peers.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Summer Camp "Friendship Rocks": Marble Painting with Balloons

Today, we painted with water balloons. Everyone loved the activity and we really had to work as a team to get great results.

Materials:

Water balloons, filled with water, but not so full that they are about to burst.
Big bin for each group
Large piece of paper that fits into large bin.
Tempera paint on flat plate

Instructions:

Divide kids into small groups.
We took turns dipping water balloons into paint partly or all the way and then set the balloons gently on the paper in the bin
Next, each small group took position around their bin, lifted it up, and tilted the bin back and forth and around to make the paint-covered water balloons roll around and make designs on the paper.

A Stunning Water Balloon Painting

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules