You then tape the paper in the shoe box and get black and red paint in small bowls. Then one at a time you put the paint covered marbles in and let them roll around. Show children a Chinese wall hanging that families all over China use to decorate their walls like we use paintings in frames. Notice that the Chinese characters don't look like our letters, and they aren't written from left to right like we do.
Chinese writing is written from top to bottom.
Give each child a long thin rectangle of paper and a thin paint brush. Give each child a small plastic cup with white glue with a blob of black in the middle. Ask the children to mix it with their brushes. Using glue mixed with paint makes the painting shiny and controls drips too. Ask them to chose a side of the banner and allow them to explore making Chinese like characters from the top to the bottom.