Walk tall!

Turn a couple of empty Resene paint tins into these super groovy stilts using two contrasting Resene colours.

Walk tall! - instruction sheet

Resene kids art with Mark Rayner - Project 88

Difficulty level: Moderate

You will need: Paintbrushes (including anartists’ brush), Resene Lumbersider tinted to Resene Chaos, Resene Waterborn, Resene Testpot of Resene Fizz, Sandpaper, Scissors, Thick twine, Two empty 4 litre Resene paint tins

Top tip: You can also use 1 litre Resene paint tins to make smaller stilts – just get a grown up to drill 10mm holes in the sides to thread the twine through.

Here's another idea: This fabulous blue and white spotty combination was created with Resene Alabaster over a basecoat of Resene Splish Splash.

Walk tall!

Another idea: Bright blue

Step one
Remove any sticky labels from the tins and sand lightly to provide a ‘key’ – this will help the paint to stick.

Step two
Apply one coat of Resene Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer to the paint tins and allow two hours to dry.

Step three
Apply two coats of Resene Chaos to the tins, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.

Step four
Paint spots on the tins with two coats of Resene Fizz, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.

Step five
Cut the twine into two 1.8m lengths and tie the ends of each piece together to create two loops of twine (you might need a grown up to help with this bit).