Here is a fun summer project for the whole family, that is guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing, and help the kids explore and experiment with art at home. Texture painting your home and walls, to create fun, offbeat and unique looks using material from around the house.

Painting a room doesn’t end with color choice. Textures are a whole new dimension to explore, and can dramatically alter the look and feel of your home, without burning a hole in your pocket. Of course, sponges and textured rollers are easily available, but where is the fun in that? Here are a few interesting homemade textures for you to try out and they are known to work fantastically in kitchen!

Circles and spirals – Use the stubbly end of your paint brush to create layers of semi-circles, circles and spirals, but bearing down upon one end and swivelling the other to creates lines upon lines of concentric circles. This is great for an accent wall, and will make an excellent backdrop for your TV and home theatre set up in the den.

Stencil garden – while the paint is still wet, press in some leaves, and paint over with another color of your choice. Removing the leaves will create lovely, leafy patterns on your wall, reminiscent of a gorgeous autumn.

Dishcloth dances –  Roll up a heavy dishcloth to form a long, thick cylinder, and go over your wet paint kneading and rolling the edges of the dishcloth roll in opposite directions. Watch the gorgeous, undulating patterns that emerge, looking like waves on the ocean.

Stick-on stucco –  Stucco is not just for the outer walls, it can look great in the kitchen too. Use painting knives or similar flat surfaces to create uneven, chequered surfaces, to create a terrific rustic kitchen look.

String quartet –  On your regular paint roller, wind some string in random, crisscross patterns. Roll it lightly over wet paint to remove a small later of pigment, to create stringy, interest patterns on the wall.

Mixed tape –  Use tape to create a large pattern on the wall, either geometric criss-crosses, or something more thematic, like a tree or simple animal shapes. Paint over, and remove the tape to reveal the pattern in the base wall color.

We hope you get the idea – household items are ample to create very interesting wall designs and textures, and you can put almost anything to use, from old brushes to worn out towels, combs and expired cards to scouring brushes. See what’s lying around, and get cracking!