• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Adventures and Play

Kid play and learning adventures

  • Home
  • Adam and I
  • Adventures
  • Ways To Play With…
  • Reviews
  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Neon Ghost Egg Splat Painting

October 27, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 5 Comments

Two months on and Adam still talks about how we created our Humpty Dumpty Egg Splat painting. He enjoyed the artwork so much that it obviously left a lasting impression on him. So I have been thinking of ways we could repeat the activity again but with a different theme. Whilst I was in the supermarket I spotted Posh Birds – free range duck eggs. As the eggs were white I was immediately reminded of ghosts. It felt the perfect opportunity to create Neon Ghost Splat Painting!

Adventures of Adam Neon Ghost Egg Splat Painting(This post contains affiliate links)

Throughout the week we used the Posh Bird duck eggs in our meals. Instead of cracking the eggs in half like I would do normally I used a knife to tap the top off the egg and made a hole big enough for the egg to come out. I then broke away any remaining shell fragments. The eggs were then rinsed in Milton and allowed them to dry. I then took a 30cm x 40cm Canvas and painted it using black acrylic paint.

Adventures of Adam Duck egg ghosts

Whilst the black canvas was drying I created a ghost face on each of the duck eggs using a permanent marker pen. Just before we started our art masterpiece I poured in ready mixed Neon paint.

Adventures of Adam Neon paints

Last year we won Neon paint from Rainbow Creations. So far the paint has been used to create a Neon Tuff Spot, Space Sensory Bin, a Bowling Activity, Bath Painting, Rice Sensory Bin, Valentines Day Sensory Bottles and Build A Space Fort! The neon paint goes such a long way and even after this activity we still have some left over.

Adventures of Adam duck eggs filled with paint

During our Humpty Dumpty Egg Splat Painting I got covered in paint so this time I was prepared. I placed a shower curtain on the grass, although this was mostly to protect the canvas as it had rained that morning. I didn’t need to explain the activity at all to Adam. He took one look at the paint filled egg, picked one up and threw it onto the black canvas.

Adventures of Adam Toddler splat painting

The duck eggs didn’t seem to crack as easily as the chickens egg despite throwing them. So Adam focused on seeing how far he could get the paint to splat across the canvas.

Adventures of Adam Duck egg splat painting

Surprisingly Adam didn’t continue his aim of last time which was to see how much paint he could get over me!

Adventures of Adam Painting with eggs

At this point Adam had no idea that we had used neon paint. Once the artwork had dried we hung it on the wall, waited until it was dark so we could turn off the light and shine a Ultra Violet Blacklight torch onto the masterpiece. Adam has had lots of experience of using a UV Blacklight torch yet his reaction was still “wow” when he saw his artwork. Not only does his Neon Ghost Egg Splat painting look great during the day but at night it truly shines.

Adventures of Adam Neon Halloween painting

Adam now has four pieces of artwork hanging on the wall – his Name Canvas Painting, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Light Up Canvas, Humpty Dumpty Egg Splat Painting and now his Neon Ghost Egg Splat painting. I wonder what will be next!

Equipment:

* 6 duck eggs

* Permanent marker pen

* 30cm x 40cm Canvas

* Black acrylic paint

* Ready Mixed Neon Paint

* Ultra Violet Blacklight torch

 

You May Also Like:

Adventures of Adam Humpty Dumpty artwork
Humpty Dumpty Egg Splat Painting
Adventures of Adam Twinkle Twinkle Little Star craft
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Light Up Canvas
Name Canvas Painting

Adventures of Adam six Neon Paint activities

Filed Under: Creative Activities, Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Arts and Craft Activities, Colours, Cupboard Resources, DIY activities, Messy activity, Neon, Outdoor Play Activities, Painting Activities

Previous Post: « Pumpkin Fine Motor Play
Next Post: Clarks Dinosaur Wellies »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Niki says

    October 28, 2015 at 10:25 pm

    What a fantastic and messy activity, my kids would love this (I don’t know if I’m brave enough though!)

    Reply
  2. Mackenzie Glanville says

    November 3, 2015 at 10:33 am

    This is such a great idea, I am loving the neon idea, my son would have a ball doing this. #letkidsbekids

    Reply
  3. Karen Bell says

    November 3, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    I absolutely love that art. How much fun that must have been to create! I bet it looks fantastic on the wall. Great idea!
    Thanks for sharing #LetKidsBeKids

    Reply
  4. Baby Isabella says

    November 3, 2015 at 4:09 pm

    I can see why Adam loves that activity! It looks great fun! My mummy loves the neon paint used! 🙂 the results look very artistic #LetKidsBeKids x

    Reply
  5. Gude @HodgePodgeCraft says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:19 pm

    Love these! The colours are just AMAZING!
    #Pintorials

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Welcome!

Emma and Adam

During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

To learn more about Emma and Adam click here.

MAD Blog Awards UK 2015

Archives

Footer

WE’RE MEMBERS OF

TOTS100 - UK Parent Blogs
TOTS100

BritMums - Leading the Conversation

Awards:

FINALIST BiB 2014 FRESH VOICE

Crafty Blogs

Find Us At:

Adventures of Adam Toys R Us Toyologist
Adventures of Adam Trunki Chief Tester

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Twinkl Educational School Resources

Copyright © 2022 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT