Activity Idea for Toddlers : Straw Painting (and the Book : Time to Create!)
A Mom shared with me the other day :
My kids ask me if I can make and create things with them, but I‘m just not creative!
I have NO idea what to do with my kids. I’m not creative like so many moms out there!
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You know what?
We may have no idea on what to do with the kids, but isn’t the world filled with so many people who share their activity ideas, online and in their books? =)
So really, we don’t need to come up with the idea ourselves.
Simply. Copy. The. Idea. From. Others.
This is exactly the reason why activity ideas are written in books and shared online =)
(well, unless we claim to have ‘no time’ for such activities with the kids at all. Then THAT, I guess, is a different case altogether?)
Well anyway, here’s sharing with you one activity idea, something I did with Brie!
STRAW PAINTING!
What we did :
1. Mix acrylic paint with water
2. Drop globs of it on drawing paper
3. Let the child blow and … blowwww
(I helped, blew through the straw, and showed her how to do it in the beginning)
And, we did straw painting again on another day!
PS: This time, we used a big straw, the one we usually use when drinking ‘bubble tea’ =)
Verdict : Bad idea if you’re doing the straw painting activity with toddlers. It’s harder for them to blow! =D
There you go!
Simple activity you can definitely do with your kiddos, yes!
And the results are pretty =)
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Now, I must highlight this book to you : TIME TO CREATE!
This book is a must-have, because it contains loads and loads of insightful and creative stuff!
Like, how to encourage kids to draw and create, how to organise our art materials, how and why it’s great to display children’s art.
[Chapter 4 ‘Print Making’, page 63]
And of course, the book contains SO many creative ideas! Activities you can do with your children!
Like, this straw painting idea!! =)
Anyway, I really recommend this book!
*Feeling privileged too to have been invited to join her blog tour! =) *
[Chapter 4 ‘Print Making’, Page 57]
[Christie and I at the Asia Pacific Blog Awards 2011! We were both finalists in the Best Parenting Blog category, and she won the Awards!!]
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Time to Create: Hands On Explorations in Process Art for Young Children is now available in bookstores (in the US and Canada) and internationally through online booksellers, including The Book Depository, Amazon, Fishpond and Barnes & Noble.
