For my very first door decs (door decorations, name tags, whatever you call them) for my first year residents, I made them Jackson Pollack inspired tags.
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| Thanks for the idea, Pollack! |
- poster board
- ruler
- scissors
- LOTS of paint in many colors
- paintbrushes (of varying sizes)
- clothes you don't care about
- paint markers
Jackson Pollack was famous for not just splatter painting but also dripping a mess of paint all over his canvas, so tap into your inner Pollack...
Instructions:
1. Lay out your poster board on top of a paint tarp (I used an old shower curtain).
2. Put on some really great painting music.
3. Have at ye. Be careful when you're flicking paint around, because it gets in places you never would have thought...like the walls of the garage..or the garage floor, if that's where you happen to be painting. Also don't hurt yourself with vigorously flicking paint at the poster board.
4. If you add a little bit of water, you get different amounts and levels of splatter, so play with that.
5. Let your masterpiece dry.
6. Cut to size the door decs you want.
7. Paint marker some names on, and voila!
I would suggest getting a thicker paint marker than I had, because it got a little difficult to see everyone's names on some of the splatters. You could also probably play around with cut out letters. I also used black poster board for half of the door decs, and it could be really fun splatter painting with neon colors on black.
This could also be great fun for a program. Give everyone a pre-cut door dec shape, and have everyone Jackson Pollack their own door dec. Just keep in mind that you'll want to do this craft project outside, probably some time in spring or at the beginning of the year when it's still warm.
Cheers,
Brianna
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