A friend from school was having a "Guitar Hero, Alien, Action Jackson" birthday party for her son a few weeks ago. I offered to come along and help with the splatter painting, and she was kind enough to invite the boys along. Josiah jumped in and took part in the party, and Ben was a fabulous helper with the younger kids. They made microphones and sang "Kids that Rock" with hats and sunglasses, and played in cardboard rocket and cardboard flying saucer, then headed down to the basement for some splatter painting Jackson Pollack style. As they were covered with their garbage bags and head coverings, they were sent downstairs. They started off painting their guitar papers very tentatively, splattering just a bit with the watered down paint. Then they started getting more and more free with encouragement from the parents and it turned into a full on spraying, splattering, spinning, dancing event. After the guitars were painted, then extra papers, they just sprayed the canvas and created a fabulous party wall hanging. At the end, the last girl was given permission to kicked over each cup of paint. You wouldn't belive how clean the kids were (minus the hands and feet) after all the fun they were having. I had a ball and was so glad I could join with the kids in all the fun!
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