Let Them Paint

Simply go on a walk or your yard and grab a couple of flowers. We found these wild daises growing wild in a field. Provide your child...

Take a baking tray, place a sheet of paper, then take 3-6 rubber-bands and place them around the baking tray. If your child is old enough...

Provide your child with aluminum foil as their canvas. If they are old enough to use a sharpie you can have them doodle designs all over...

Provide your child with paper towels as a canvas. You can have them paint with droppers or paintbrushes. Place liquid water colors or...

Save those cardboard packages. Cut out different shapes. If your child is old enough cut you can either have them trace shapes or draw...

Blow up water balloons or regular balloons. Provide paint, brushes, and paper. They can also simply use just their fingers to paint. Let...

Provide your child with a bucket, cup, or bowl full of water. Next provide them with a paintbrush and/or roller brushes and let them...

Provide your child with paint, a baby doll, q-tips, paint brushes or just let them paint with their fingers. After they are done you can...

Coffee Filter Earth🌎🌏🌍: Place a coffee filter on a tray, provide blue and green Colorations liquid watercolors, food coloring, or...

Gather recycled materials: paper rolls, bottle caps, wine corks, bottles or anything they can print with. Place a sheet of paper, paint...

Collect a stash of recycled materials (egg cartons, bubble wrap, popsicle sticks bottle caps, paper tubes, cardboard, paper...

Collect a stash of recycled paper towel and toilet paper tubes. If your child is old enough let them cut them in various sizes, if they...

Letter, Number, or Shape Hunt: In sensory bin, plastic bin, or baking tray place wooden or foam letters, numbers, or shape from puzzles...

Egg Roller Painting: This is just like marble painting but with eggs. Take a plastic eggs and put two marbles or rocks inside. You can...

Save your egg cartons! 1. Dismantle the egg carton; cut the lid off, cut the egg holder side into individual sections. 2. With each...

Rainy Day Window Art: Have your child paint on a baking tray or plastic bin (liquid water colors, diluted tempera paint, food coloring),...

Go on nature walk gather twigs or branches! Set out the branches as on butcher paper, newspaper, or a mat, any kind of paint, paint...

Go on a nature walk and collect as many natural materials as possible (leaves, sticks, flowers, moss, etc.). Place the materials on...

Acrylic mirrors are an excellent source of visual sensory input and provides visual feedback for experiments! Children are naturally...

This simple invitation was to provide sensory exploration as well as experimenting how art materials interact with different surfaces. In...