I have been meaning to write this post for some time and once I got started gathering ideas I couldn't stop.   I am a huge fan of process art and wanted one spot where all of my favorite ideas were compiled.  This post has 52 of the most beautiful, simple, and engaging process art ideas that I know of.  This summer we plan on doing every one of these!

For those of you who aren't familiar with the term process art, I like to think of it as open-ended art - where children aren't trying to make something exactly like an example product and there aren't any real directions.  Process art allows kids to explore and create freely and it is such a great way to encourage creative artists.  Because there isn't a set goal, process art also doesn't get "old".  Kids can repeat the same project many times and will create different end products each time.

To get the full details and directions, please click on the links below.  The numbers in the photos correspond to the numbers of the post links below.

1.  Marbled Milk Prints from Babble Dabble Do

2.  Rainbow Painting from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

3.  Fold and Dye Art from Kids Play Box

4.  Vibrant Coffee Filter Flower Painting from Fun at Home with Kids

5.  Rainbow Ice Painting from Twodaloo

6.  Watercolor Canvas Painting from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

7.  Recycled Container Stamping from Picklebums

8.  Evolving Canvas Art from Meri Cherry

9.  Paint The Car by Fun-A-Day

10.  Ice and Watercolors from The Artful Parent

11.  Crumpled Paper Art from Buggy and Buddy

12.  Drip Painting from Kids Play Box

13.  Oil and Watercolors from Babble Dabble Do

14.  Crystallizing Watercolor Painting from Fun at Home with Kids

15.  Abstract Pipette Art from Casa Maria's Creative Learning Zone

16.  Rubber Band Snap Painting with Fizzing Paint from Learn Play Imagine

17.  Icing Colors Spray Painting from Fantastic Fun and Learning

18.  Gelatin Streaking from Babble Dabble Do

19.  Experimenting with Textures from Casa Maria's Creative Learning Zone

20.  Print Rolling from Casa Maria's Creative Learning Zone

21.  Collaborative Branch Painting from Art Bar

22.  Abstract Art from the Grocery Store from Fun at Home with Kids

23.  Shiny Foil Art from Pink Stripey Socks

24.  Painting on Ice from Toddler Approved

25.  Resist Painted Butterfly from Fun at Home with Kids

26.  Painting with Tissue Paper from Fantastic Fun and Learning

27.  Fizzing Watercolor Painting from Fun at Home with Kids

28.  Painting with Watercolor Droppers from Buggy and Buddy

29.  Cosmic Suncatchers from Babble Dabble Do

30.  Credit Card Art from Housing a Forest

31.  Spin Art Rocks from Meri Cherry

32.  Painted Salt Sculptures from Fun at Home with Kids

33.  Sandpaper Resist Art from Kids Play Box

34.  Painting with Oil and Ice Chalk from Learn Play Imagine

35.  Kid Painted Wooden Blocks from Art Bar

36.  Salt Painting from Meri Cherry

37.  Painting with Rocks from Fantastic Fun and Learning

38.  Powdered Paint Suncatchers from Twodaloo

39.  Spin Art from The Artful Parent

40.  Watercolor Resist Painting from The Artful Parent

41.  Cotton Ball Painting from Simple Fun for Kids

42.  Puffy Cloud Painting from Twodaloo

43.  Splat Painting from Fun-A-Day

44.  Tape and Watercolor Art from Fun-A-Day

45.  Painting Seashells from Fantastic Fun and Learning

46.  Painting with Colored Oil from Powerful Mothering

47.  Rainbow Bubble Wrap Tree from Twodaloo

48.  Squirt Gun Painting from Fireflies and Mudpies

49.  Rainbow Sand and Cars Art from Teach Preschool

50.  Watercolor Resist Spray Art from Teach Preschool

51.  Cotton Ball Painting from Teach Preschool

52.  Sharpie Resist Bookmarks from Happy Hooligans