Recently I picked up a copy of 'First Art: art experiences for Toddlers and Twos' by MaryAnn Kohl, at the library. It's full of lots of ideas that I would never had dreamed up for mucking about with paint, dough, printmaking and general gunk with little ones. One idea that it has introduced to me is that paint doesn't have to be paint. Know what I mean? No? Ok, well what I mean is that it doesnt have to be the stuff you buy in tubs and tubes in an art shop. If painting at this age is about process and sensory experience, which I think it is, then you can make 'paint' with all sort of materials to create different qualities/surfaces etc. The book provides a whole host of ideas for paint recipes, so we decided to try out the 'shaving cream and glue paint' today.
So you need some
- shaving foam
- white glue
- food colouring
- bowls and spoons
- paint applicators (we used sponge brushes)
Look at this, Boo finally has an art table! $30 for table and 2 chairs at Ikea.
You simply mix up equal volumes of foam and glue, and then add drops of food colouring.
The result is a kind of puff paint which stays thick and foamy whilst you paint. Dunno know it dries yet, but I figure that doesn't matter anyway as Boo really isn't interested in stuff she's already done.
Of course, Boo being Boo, the hands went in before too long.
Best not to mention what she did with those hands next, but let's just be grateful for washable house paint. Does anyone else have a 3 year old who is determined to do anything that she knows is 'naughty'??
I have to say this was a multisensory activity too, I never noticed how much perfume they put in shaving gel (we used some male and some female).
One thing to mention, as the paint contains white glue, I'm not sure of its washability with clothes once dry. We got some on our clothes so promptly whipped them off and straight into the machine. Ok, so Boo has an art table. Now she really must have some art clothes soon.
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