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FINGER PAINTING
Explore finger painting... first with chocolate pudding.
Finger painting is interesting play for your young beginner, chocolate or butterscotch pudding makes it more fun foor beginners who are putting everything in their mouth. The high chair is a perfect spot and a good bib will help contain the mess! But be prepared for a possible bath... It's so worth it to see her explore the connection between her mind and her hand. Look what I can do!
Note the serious, "I'm concentrating" expression.
Finger painting is one of the most satisfying activities you can do with your beginner. It seems daunting because of the potential mess involved. Here are some things that will make it easier.
1. Dress for the occasion in old clothes that can be washed and saved for messy activities. Buy a bib that covers.
2. Keep her contained and supported in a booster seat or highchair without the tray.
3. Use Crayola finger paints that come in a tube, the best thing yet...major advance in fingerpainting! Experiment with the amount a little goes a long way. Start with a drop the size of a quarter. More paint more mess... work for just right.
4. Paint on a large cooky sheet. The fun is in the painting... teach your beginner to push down to make lines and patterns. Round and round scribbles and up and down, side to side.
5. Ask when they have finished. Then make a print with a piece of regular drawing paper, not computer paper because it will ripple as it dries. I have also used paper towel sheets... another version is to make hand prints on the drawing paper.
6. Let dry flat.
7. Use for greeting cards or frame as first paintings!
Color mixing...
1. Make a few paintings with a single bright color, like blue.
2. Put down a bit of blue and a bit of yellow...let your beginner mix them to make green...magic.