The Mom I Want to Be

 

Kids will love creating these Jackson Pollock-inspired fashion statements.

 

Read a children’s book about the artist, such as Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Robert Andrew Parker.  Gather materials for your shirt project.

 

cotton t-shirt

fabric or acrylic paints

squeezable bottles

 

Fill squeezable bottles with a colorful variety of paints. Invite your child to decide if she wants her design on the front or the back of the shirt. Lay out the t-shirt accordingly on top of a large piece of plastic, or an old sheet. Encourage your child to get his whole body into the act of squirting, dripping, and dropping paint across his “t-shirt canvas.”  Let the paint dry according to directions, and invite your child to wear the t-shirt all around town!