Use old hair dye bottle for painting!
The next time you dye your hair at home, try re-using the bottles for creating some messy art work! We have also used watery paint…
Painting ideas for babies ad toddlers
Painted ladybird stones
My youngest made these at school (he's aged 5). They used acrylic paints and then were varnished. They can then go outside to decorate your…
Potato print ladybird
Potato print ladybird
A great way to use up old potatoes from the back of the cupboard!
Paper plate jelly fish
Lots of jelly fish around at the moment. Try making this jelly fish from half a paper plate, some brightly coloured strips of paper and…
Colour mixing
I left my eldest with just primary colours (yellow, blue, red) to experiment with. Which colours can you make Sammy?
Spring flower hand print picture
These hand print paintings look lovely on display. We added a little glitter to the paint to give that extra sparkle.
Abstract spaghetti paiting
Spaghetti picture: painting or messy play
Some children made an abstract spaghetti picture painting. Some mums painted a face, and the children added spaghetti hair. I made a spaghetti train picture…
Balloon printing
Half inflate balloons, dip in paint and use for printing. It gives a lovely effect. Warning: will be messy!
Blossom printing picture
I painted the branches and the children printed the pink blossom. Simply created by the underneath of a plastic drinks bottle dipped in pink paint
Easter egg rolling
This was a disaster! I have done something similar with marbles to create a lovely firework picture, so I thought I would try with polystyrene…
Bubble painting
Only do this with children who know the difference between sucking and blowing! You need to experiment a little with the texture of the paint,…
Spray painting- best done outside!
This was an activity that happen in the centre of Dawlish and best done outside! The paint was quite watery. We used templates (heart shapes…
Handprint dinosaur painting
I just prepared a dinosaur template made out of thick card. The children drew round using felt pen, then used handprints to make stegosaurus dinosaur (Rowan…
Very easy snow picture using printing
I had planned to do something totally different this week, but we had some surprise snow! I needed something any aged child could do and…
Handprint flying bug calendars
I like calendars that use handprints, they are so lovely to keep as a precious memory of your little ones. We made the handprints first,…
Handprint caterpillars- painting with babies
Children did this in lots of different ways. Some had adult help and used their hands, like my example- kindly provided by my 2 year…
Make a fingerprint heart card- good for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day
My husband is not the most romantic of fellows, bless him, so imagine my surprise when he presented me with a home made valentine's day…
Valentine’s Day/ Mother’s Day heart stencils
This works well when shades of red, pinks and purple paints are all mixed together. What you need: paper card to make stencils scissors…
Make a simple Valentine’s Day/ Mother’s Day card
Can be made using the painting by a very young children What you need: paint in reds, pinks and purple paint brush- or use hands…
Valentine heart potato printing
I was quite surprised how well the heart shape turned out. Rowan really enjoyed this and we now have heart shapes potato prints on some…