Permit's paint with monster truck toys today! This simple preschool art project works well for younger artists and is perfect for the toy car and truck lover. Use favorite toys to make modernistic art and and so follow it up with a monster truck machine wash!

We have expanded this preschool art project to include some math basics because it is natural to add a little counting into this painting activity!

Painting with Monster Trucks preschool art activity for kids - monster truck shown with painted black tire tracks and Kids Activities Blog logo
Let's paint with monster trucks!

Monster Truck Painting

Monster trucks are all the rage at our business firm and have been for quite a while.   Recently, my son Bear {4 yrs} and I created a fun new game called Monster Truck Bowling.

It was a huge hit!

So I expanded on this success with math and messy art activities.

After all the monster truck fun we take had, I knew we couldn't move on without painting with monster trucks.

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Supplies Needed

  • Roll of white arts and crafts newspaper or easel newspaper
  • Blueish painters tape
  • Plastic drop material, tarp, sometime sheet, former shower mantle, cut upward plastic garbage numberless to cover flooring
  • Acrylic paint in shallow bowls or large lids
  • Toy cars and monster trucks of various sizes
  • Dish soap & water for clean upwardly car wash

Directions

Steps to creating a monster truck painting activity at home with preschool age children using acrylic paint, white craft paper rolls and monster truck toys
Grab your cars & trucks and let's paint!

Pace 1

Gear up the area by covering all the floor surfaces with a drop cloth. This gets messy then nosotros recommend starting in an area with solid surface floor similar tile or linoleum.

Record down the drop cloth or protective covering.

I covered the floor with a plastic shower curtain, securing it with painter's record.

Step 2

We got a super-long piece of paper from our easel and stretched it beyond the kitchen floor and up the oven door (I covered the oven with plastic as well to gear up for this).

Pace 3

We put some pigment in shallow bowls and ran the truck tires through the paint in the bowls. Large plastic lids would work for this likewise allowing the tires to roll through the paint.

Stride four

We began racing the monster trucks.   If we shoved them downward the newspaper fast plenty, they'd hit the stove front and flip over.

Bear seemed to really enjoy the boisterous messiness of it.

Painting with Monster Trucks preschool art activity for kids - finished art project shown with child
Painting with monster trucks is and so much fun!

Make clean Up Car Launder Activity

After he was washed painting, I created a monster truck automobile wash in a large bowl of soapy water in the sink past dropping a few drops of dish soap into warm h2o.

We had fun getting dirty and fun getting clean!

Calculation Math to this Preschool Art Activity

Prior to beginning the main activity, Bear chose a bill of fare out of the pile containing all the numbers i-ten.   Then he practiced counting out the appropriate number of monster trucks.

After he did all that, we moved onto the main add-on action.

monster trucks math with numbers written on cards and plus sign.
Let'south add together some math to our monster truck painting activity!

Monster Truck Math Basics

  1. Use 2 sets of cards for the numbers 1-v and a plus sign.   {Higher numbers could exist used for more advanced learners}.
  2. Tape down the plus so it didn't become moved around.
  3. Draw ii cards from the stack and placed them on each side of the plus sign.
  4. Count out the appropriate number of trucks for each number.
  5. To illustrate the concept of adding numbers together, crash them together into a big pile.
  6. Count how many monster trucks there are after adding the numbers together.
monster truck and cars smashed together for math preschool activity
Crashing the cars together emphasizes the ability of math addition!

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How did your monster truck painting go? Was the preschool art projection your favorite or the monster truck car wash clean upwards?

Andie Jaye is a old preschool teacher turned SAHM of ii kiddos. Her web log, Crayon Freckles, is an eclectic mix of play, art, and learning activities. Mingled in are her perspectives on beingness a crunchy momma, having a long-haired hippy male child and using follow-your-gut parenting. See more of Andie on Crayon Freckles' Facebook folio, on Pinterest or on her parenting teens site Why Does My Teen?