Our first painting with cars activity was a brilliant success. B added more and more paint to the masterpiece each time we came back to it and discovered new ways to move the cars, the paint and himself. It was also a great way to explore colours. Just before we washed the plasic canvas, we went a little crazy with the paint.
On this day, he chose red and green paint. As we sat down with our equipment - paint, cars and plasic sheet - I asked spontaneously: would you like to sqeeze the paint bottle? Well, of course yes. Normally I do that part, but I thought it would be a nice change for him and I was right.
On this day, he chose red and green paint. As we sat down with our equipment - paint, cars and plasic sheet - I asked spontaneously: would you like to sqeeze the paint bottle? Well, of course yes. Normally I do that part, but I thought it would be a nice change for him and I was right.
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| The Big Squeeze of Paint |
It was lovely to see him so focussed on getting paint out, and I was so busy taking photos, that I forgot to say stop!
We ended up with a huge blob of red paint which he drowned his cars in.
We ended up with a huge blob of red paint which he drowned his cars in.
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| Car completely covered in paint |
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| Some wonderful tracks made by cars |
Often, he doesn’t like to get too messy, but once all his cars were drenched, and his hands covered, and after he slipped and we laughed so much, he didn’t seem to mind.
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| The big blue bus always gets a look in |
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| A terrible accident? Only with a bottle of paint |
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| And then it was time for a slide |
The clean up was a family effort. We carried all paint covered items, including a messy toddler, outside to be cleaned off with hot soapy water. And so the fun continued. It took a while, but soon everything was clean enough, and B dry enough to come inside to hunt for footprints and dots of red paint on the floor. With a wet wipe in hand he managed to remove most of it. (Aren’t wet wipes fantastic for this sort of thing?) The activity took up the whole morning and we were more than ready for a long midday rest.
B had a wonderful time painting with his favourite toys and built on the skills he had started when we first did this activity. I hope that he was able to connect his ideas and stories as we didn't clean his 'canvas' between sessions.
I know my son would love combining his two favorite loves - painting and cars! I have been hesitant to get his cars messy...I really should just get over it. :)
ReplyDeleteI was a little hesitant at first and only allowed one or two cars in the paint so he could see the result. He helped clean them, and saw that it's difficult to get all the paint off. Now I let him decide which get messy and he often keeps some of his favourites aside, although the big blue bus is a favourite in all things!
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