Finding painting experiences that suit two different age groups can be tricky. As both my kids are very tactile learners (particularly my 3.5 year old who still puts everything in his mouth) sometimes painting can end up being a bit of a nightmare. Paint rarely just stays on the paper or canvas. That got me to thinking about painting in the bath! I then found a great recipe on the amazing site http://www.artfulparent.com/.
The Bath paint recipe:
1/2 a cup of cornflour
1/2 a cup of water
shampoo
food colouring
First, I made a paste with the cornflour, boiled it up in a saucepan, stirring constantly until it's a smooth paste.
I then added some shampoo until it was the consistency that I preferred (not too runny and not too thick). I then separated the paste into a palette with four different compartments and mixed in a little food colouring in each. Just a tiny drop is all you need. (I always put in too much) that resulted in blue children for a night (they were only slightly stained)! The bath and tiles washed off clean.
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| Having fun painting each other and the side of the bath |
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| Miss M went wild totally enthralled in the experience |
The best thing of all, it's such an easy clean up, goes down the drain with the bath water!
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