My kids love painting. I love watching them, seeing the scenes that they create, the mess that they get into, the smiles on their faces as they do it. So yesterday I thought I’d let them loose on the lining paper, but make things a little different this time. I invited them to paint without paintbrushes…
I gathered together various bits and bobs from around the house that we no longer needed and that I thought might be interesting for them. I asked them to look about, too, and Boo came up with the idea to use their toothbrushes – fortunately I had some new ones they could then use for their teeth!
I squirted some washable paint onto a couple of paper plates, which is such an easy way to play and then throw away, rolled out the lining paper all the way across the table, and let the kids loose!
It started like this…
They laughed, and explored their way through each and every item and texture. Little Man liked to mix his paints all up, and then largely opted to use his toothbrush as a paintbrush anyway! Boo used every single item in every possible way, I think…
And it ended like this! Little Man had run out of steam by this point, but Boo was still going, and as you can see, delighting in getting messy!
I loved how easy this activity was to set up and the children really enjoyed it and experimented with textures, shapes and colours. It was just a case of rolling up the lining paper at the end, with everything in it, and throwing it in the bin – I do like a fast and easy clean-up, too!
What do you think? Would your kids enjoy this?
It looks like your kids had a ball! Painting is always a favourite. Pinned to my Activities for Kiddies board on https://www.pinterest.com/Mummaplusthree/ X
They loved it! Yes, it is here, too, so I thought it would be fun to do it a little differently. Thanks 🙂
Spooky timing as I’ve just shared a very similar post! Love some of the things you have used for painting, given me some ideas for next time. Your two look like they enjoyed it as much as Monkey did 🙂 xx
Spooky! They definitely did! xx
Oh yes, I do like an easy clean up!
This is a really fun activity – we love experimenting with different brushes too! It does look like your kids had a great time 🙂
They certainly did, thanks!
Looove that last photo! Her hands are covered, but look at the concentration on her face! Perfect art project! 🙂 x
Oh, she was totally into it! I suspect we’ll be doing it again soon! x
They look as though they are having such a great time, a painting session a few weeks ago with T turned out a little like this, I get very twitchy though as I’ve got a thing about mixing colours and paint mess 😉 I really need to do it more often with him!
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I’m not a fan of mess either, but this is pretty easy as the clean up is basically just roll it up bin it, clean the table. Done! And the happiness it brings to their little faces makes it worth it! x
Love this idea. It’s great to see children explore with texture and creativity, so simple and fun.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
Thanks, Karen. So simple, and they loved it!
Lucas says – ooooooohhhh I am soooooo excited about this as it looks really messy and I can just imagine the Mother’s face if I were doing this. Maybe I could get Ash, my doggies, to help me – that would be AWESOME!!! 🙂 #letkidsbekids
It is so messy, Lucas, you will love it!!
We love painting with toilet rolls. My kids also love splurging with cotton wool and earbuds!
Ooh and thanks for sharing with the #pintiparty
Oh yes, cotton wool’s a good one, too!
I love this. It’s been awhile since we’ve had a painting fee for all…. Maybe we will get around to it this week x
Have fun! x
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