Blot Art

  • 10
  • 30
  • 60
Time

Benefits
  • Bring Joy
  • Find Calm

Participants
  • One to One or Group Activity

What you need

  1. A4 art paper folded down the middle
  2. Different colour paints

Intro

Most of us will remember painting on one half of a page and folding it in half to print the other side to make a surprise picture. This is called ‘blot art’. It’s a fun and easy way to create something cheerful – and explore your imagination. 

It’s even been used in a scientific setting to help understand what people might be thinking. But more often than not it’s just a nice creative activity that invites the imagination to see shapes and things among the blots of paint

Enjoy this activity in a group and invite people to discuss what they can see

The Activity

  1. Give each person a sheet of paper
  2. Explain and demonstrate to the group that they’re going to paint a random image on one side of the sheet and then fold it over and press down, so the paint prints on the opposite side
  3. Unfold the paper carefully
  4. Invite everyone to have a go
  5. People can then hold up their image and explain what they think it looks like
  6. Ask each person in the group if they can see the same thing or if they can see something else, ask them to describe it
  7. Give everyone a chance to talk about their own picture and comment on everyone else’s
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