Rain Art

It was looking really gloomy outside so we decided to do some rain art.

Materials:

Sturdy paper and or coffee filters: we used our beloved finger paint paper that this glossy on the back side and some coffee filters

 Washable markers: thicker ones would have been better 

Rain or a Squirt bottle

 

I've been trying to get Kali (almost 8 months) to get more involved in our art projects (see here and here). Most of the time she happily observing from the sidelines.  

 

At this age she's very aware and so I sat her on my lap to watch Logan but also to make our own drawing.

 

 She let me trace her hands...

 

Just sitting Kali on my lap and doodling away was so entertaining for her. She seemed to like the bright colours and after she discovered that they were coming from the marker I was moving around she chased it with her hand.  I'll have to doodle with her again- surprisingly very relaxing for mom and entertaining for a baby.

 And of course she also enjoyed playing with the paper

 Logan giving her some pointers on how to draw

 Gosh, these two pictures are so cute...

Just as it was starting to sprinkle outside we took the pictures out and put some glass stones on them to keep them from blowing away. Logan had an excellent idea of "helping the rain" by using his much loved squirt bottle (see here)

Heading in as it started to really rain. We totally forgot about them and probably should have fetched them out of the rain sooner so the colours would have been brighter

And OMG-why didn't I think of this sooner?!?!?  

Use your oven as a drying rack for your art projects! 

I actually attched a sticky to remind me they were there so I wouldn't turn on the oven but I normally peak inside before I do anyway. Totally wish I would have thought of this sooner!!!

And the finished products:

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Bubble Art

Continuing my commitment to actually trying the things I find on Pinterest,

I gave Bubble Art a try with Logan. We found this idea from The Chaos and The Clutter. Logan is three and a half and drinks from a big boy cup or from a straw. So I wondered if he would drink it...so we adapted this a bit.

 

Materials:

Paper -we used our favorite finger painting paper, which has a glossy side

Paint or Food Colouring

Dish Soap: I used Green Works hoping it would be slightly "better" for him if he drank some

Straws

Water

Bowls

Drop cloth 

 I made a point to explain that we were using soap that we normally use to wash dishes. We smelt it and I explained that it tasted yucky though. I had him help me squirt it out into the small bowls of water.

  

 Then we added some food coloring to each bowl and explained that we blow only out. I figured a bit of soap in his mouth would be gross but not as harmful as bunch of paint -so we used food colouring until I was sure he wasn't going to drink it.

 

 While a bit light, the food colouring did show up on the white paper.

 

After I knew that Logan got the hang of it, we switched it up to adding a squirt or two of tempra paint to the water

Kalia waiting patiently for her turn to paint (see here!)

Hmmm, maybe this paint isn't so washable after all?

Okay, time to move this to the grass!

Logan liked putting the bubbles right on the page, rather than placing the sheet over the bubbles to make the print...

Drying:

Our finished products! These would be cute as wrapping paper...

Linking up to: No Time for Flash Card's Link & Learn, Design Dazzle

Logan's first day at Preschool

Thanks to Pinterest, I found this idea from Zoot!

Baby Jumper Paintings

Kali enjoys watching Logan do art but I've been trying to come up with more ways to involve her. Her baby finger painting went well so it was time to try another baby painting experiment! 

Materials:

Hard surface: we did this on the sidewalk, if you put a tablecloth down you could do it inside

Large paper: We used five fingerprinting papers (glossy on the backside) taped together with masking tape

Washable paints: We kept it simple and used red and blue so she could mix them together to get purple

Baby Jumper

Kalia is now almost eight months. This would be a great first baby painting project, especially if you are worried about your child getting too messy or eating the paint (although you can make edible paint!) 

Setting up the paper:

 Logan checking out the progress

 Look at those cute chubby legs!

 Kali's finished project! Logan was very impressed that she made purple!

 Not to be left out, Logan also made some footprint art!

 

 

Logan's finished project:

 

The clean up was fun too! Logan used his spray bottle on his and Kali's feet

And w he got to use the hose to clean the sidewalk...

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