Make your own finger painting tools
Jamie is at a nice age for painting and its fun to give her different things to use besides brushes. You can buy special painting tools for kids but its so easy to make them or just use things you have around the house. Here is what I gave Jamie on the day these pictures were taken: an old baby bottle nipple to make nice stamped circles, a piece of cardboard with one side cut with a scalloped scissor and some plastics lids cut in half in various shapes. We use the cardboard and the lids to scrape the paint with and make different stripes. I didn’t get the best pictures, she was busy for quite some time though and enjoyed painting. Other things we like to use with paint include plastic forks, straws, old toothbrushes, small sponges, q-tips, cut vegetables, fingers and of course brushes! I probably left some things out but ANYBODY WANT TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS so we can try something new next time we get the paints out???
Here is a picture of Jillian on a different day when she got into Jamie’s paints (Jamie prefers red and blue paint currently). I LOVE that you can buy washable paints!
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We love those colorful girls! They’re so adorable!
Lately my kids have been using lots of bubble wrap to make prints, and things like yarn dragged through the paint, feathers and pine cones, and the foam “trim” size paint rollers from the hardware store. I’m sure you guys have done all of those and more!
I don’t have any better ideas for finger paint, you’ve mastered it! But for water paints, when I worked in a preschool, we used to put the water in an ice cube tray so they would have separate spots for each color and also it didn’t tip over like paper cups do. I also have a great recipe for playdough (cooked with cream of tartar) and we would add powered kool-aid for color and scent, also mint extract for scent. But I’m guessing you already have that recipe. Let me know if you don’t. I LOVE cutting up playdough with little kid scissors.
Love the pictures! Looks like so much fun! Have you tried putting out toy cars and tractors? Kids love “driving” them through the paint.