I heard about an art project awhile ago that I kept meaning to do with the kids. Basically, you put paper in a baking sheet, dribble in some paint, plop in a few marbles, and let the kids swirl the pans around to make neat designs. This project remained on my "to try" list because we didn't have marbles; last week, I was at a toy shop and amazingly remembered to get a bag of marbles.
I stripped down the kids and loaded up their pans with the art supplies. The kids had a blast. Of course, as soon as the marbles went flying, the hands went into the paint and it transformed from a marble painting project to a finger painting project. (I thought ahead to strip down the kids, but didn't think far enough ahead to lay newspaper on the floor... whoops)
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| Marbles? What marbles? We've got hands! |
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| Look, Ma! |
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| Annika diving in! |
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Conor discovered there's a cause and effect when one claps with paint on one's hands
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| Clap = paint on face! Triple the fun of flinging marbles around in a pan! |
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Why stop with painting the paper? Tummies are a great canvas!
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| Pretty hands! |
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| Annika's tribal tummy art |
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| Annika tagged Conor as hers |
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| Pretty girl |
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| Two of the marble art master pieces |
After the art session, the kids went straight into the bath. Let's just say, that was some sludge-like bath water once the kids were done with it. In fact, I had to empty and re-fill the bath after the initial scrubbing because of all of the paint globs floating around in the water. Next stop: cleaning the kitchen floor!!
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