It can be intimidating to take the dive and start creating art with kids, but it is well worth the time and planning! This page has things I have learned from teaching in an art classroom, in a preschool and working with my toddler.
FINGER PAINTING WITH A LITTLE ONE:
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| If you have a
high chair you put your child in you can take a garbage bag and wrap the
tray with the garbage bag. Makes clean up easy! |
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| I have a really nice paint smock for my son, but any old shirt will work for painting. (Not enjoying the flash) |
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| Make sure you
have everything you need out and ready before you start! Once you start
you can't stop and go get something unless you want finger paint in your
child's eyes, ears and mouth. |
Most of the time when we finger paint he chooses the colors he wants and
just goes crazy. Although these paints say they are nontoxic I would
not recommend your child consuming them. When my son starts getting
bored he starts moving his hands towards his mouth, I always sit in
front of him and can stop him before the fingers make it into the mouth.
We don't stop painting when this happens, but I tell him no, I will
have him start a new painting or add a different color so he is
redirected and knows he shouldn't eat the paint.
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| Happy Valentines Day! |
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This finger painting project required some hand over hand help him put
his hands in the right spot to form a heart. I put my hands around his
wrist and guide his hand where it needs to go to put it in the right
spot.
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| With little babies it is fun to paint their feet and it is a good
sensory experience for them. You can paint their feet with a brush or
just squirt the finger paint on a paper plate and squish their feet
around until covered |
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Valentines Day craft I found online.
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