Activity Idea for Toddlers : Paint. Heart. Stencils.
Here’s one activity Brie and I did the other day!
Glue-ing. Pasting. Painting.
Simple and fun for toddlers! =)
Here’s what we did :
> I cut out the heart shapes and Brie glued them onto a piece of drawing paper
Tips:
– Brie is now 2 years and 5 months, and using a glue-stick helps to reduce ‘mess’! =)
– There’s no need to ‘thoroughly’ stick the paper, because we’d need to pull them out afterwards
> I prepared one colour at a time (watercolour on a palette), and with a brush, she covered as much surface as possible. I told her to cover all the ‘whites’ on the paper.
In her attempt to cover all of the paper surface, she used her palm and even her feet! Haha, well sure, I let her do it =)
Tips:
I did this painting and potentially messy activity BEFORE her shower time. Less stress for me, as when the activity is done, I simply lifted her up, and went straight to the bathroom
The result! (the heart-shaped cut-outs were still intact)
Last step : Brie pulled out the heart-shaped cut-outs, all by herself!
And, VOILA!
A special artwork, done by the happy toddler herself! =D
Hope you have fun experimenting and exploring this ‘Paint – Heart – Stencil’ activity idea with your little kiddos!
Have a nice weekend, everyone!!
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Hi leoni,
I always like to read your blog .. its very inspiring and educational …
you have a lot of ideas what to do with the little ones that I copy sometimes.
just asking a question, for this paintings, do you have any recommendation what kind of paintings is child friendly ..since it will be all over their hand and may be face …
Thank you so much …
Selvi
Hi Selvi,
Thanks for dropping by and reading up my blog =D
Happy to hear that the ideas shared are useful for you …
For paintings, hehe … I just use the usual watercolour that we can buy off the shelves …
If you want to make it yourself, you can the idea shared here:
http://easiepeasie.blogspot.com/2010/07/homemade-finger-paints.html
Have fun!! =D
good idea..thanks! 🙂
Thanks Leoni! =D
Ya, until now we’re not yet given any water color to my son to play. Color pencil, yes.
The problem is now we have this little sister and whatever the brother does, she likes to join and kacau. Haha, its fun sometimes looking them playing or fighting around.
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hehehe … i agree, the younger one often wants to be part of the fun =)
What we did last time, such activities are done on ‘higher ground’ where the little ones cannot reach =D
(eg. dining table)