As a child I loved to watch spin art at the local agricultural fair every summer. For a while my colleagues and I attempted to replicate the experience using and old record player. This produced a rather interesting splattering of paint everywhere, which was a different kind of fun! One day I saw instructions on making spin art with a salad spinner. My life as a spin “artist” came alive. Now every summer the teachers at preschool dig out our collection of salad spinners and let the children create their own fair inspired spin art!

Here’s how. Measure and cut circles of paper to fit in your salad spinner. Tape a paper into the bottom of your spinner. Fill some squeeze bottles with slightly watered down tempera paint. Squeeze the paint onto the paper adding lots of colors and designs (or not as the child chooses).

Put on the top and turn the crank! Young children love to be in control of the spinning. Try different speeds.

Take your masterpiece out and hang it to dry!

Beautiful!