Kidzarama

I’ve had this recipe for a few years and haven’t actually tried it until now because Wren & Mr Bump have such sensitive skin.

Then it suddenly occurred to me that they don’t have to lather their hands with it.
We actually have some paintbushes in the house!

What a great idea: Painting with paintbrushes. D’oh.

Okay, so I’m not exactly painting with a full palette at the moment.

You will need:

• PVC glue
• Shaving Cream
• Food coloring
• Paint brushes.

What to do:

Put some pvc glue into a small container and add shaving cream.

Mix gently until the consistency is thick and even. Your mixture needs to be thick but still puffy.
Does that make sense?

Add some more food colouring for stronger colours. Make all sorts of different colors in separate containers.

Paint thickly to create puffy artworks and allow to dry.

Other thoughts:

• Jazz it up by adding a bit of fine glitter.
• Use a black permanent marker to draw a picture that has large areas to fill in.

By the way, Wren wanted me to say a huge “thank you” to everyone who said “get well soon”.

~She’s back on track and arguing with her brother again.

Life is back to normal, thank goodness.

Wren’s class made these great artworks with watercolours and crayons to cover their school books.

First they painted a yellow wash with watercolours and left it to dry.

The next day, they drew a design in pencil and went over it with red and orange crayons.

Then the artwork and the school books came home to me and I covered them and wrote each child’s name onto the cover with a black permanent marker.

The children were very proud of their creative work, and being able to use the results in a tangible way has been great for their self esteem.

As promised, here is the how~to to go with the lurvely Mother’s Day card I made for my amazing mother.

Just why is she so amazing?

Well, apart from giving birth to moi, she’s the most loving, giving, caring person I’ve ever met. Patient too.

You can tell she is because I made it to adulthood.

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Next time your little preschool artist is doing some painting, try some of these ideas to add a little something different.

Do you have any different painting ideas that your kids enjoy?
Let me know & I’ll add them here with a credit to your site.

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I haven’t been doing much in the way of blogging this past week or so, but I have been bloghopping a bit and one of the best things I found was how to do hand~made books.

Warning: They’re so easy to make, it’s kind of addictive.

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