Rubber Band Painting Activity
5 minutes prep | Long play
A simple play with a pretty outcome! It is quite satisfying to pluck the coloured bands and watch the paint splatter, your kids would love it!
What You Need
1 container
1 paper that fits into your container
6 rubber bands
Coloured paint
1 paint brush
How to Do It
Place the paper in the container
Tie the rubber bands around the container and position them slightly apart from each other but in the middle
Paint over the rubber bands with a paint brush. Make them colourful!
Pluck lightly at each rubber band and watch the paint splatter into an art piece!
Science Behind It
The paint splatters due to the conversion of elastic potential energy to kinetic (motion) energy when we pull and release the rubber band.
Hints and Tips
Make it as colourful as you can!
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