My Walk Through Life 4/24/2018

The photo above is my attempt at painting. I am not an artist, but I find it relaxing. I keep going to our local paint nights in the hopes I will manage a masterpiece. Maybe I would be better at art if I started at a young age. Here are a few things for the little people to do to jump start their creativity. 

The weather is warming up, and these are good outdoor activities. These activities come from Family Fun Magazine.

Salt Art for 2 years and up:

 Needed: 1 cup of salt for each color, liquid watercolor or food coloring, ziplock bags, newspapers, clean and dry spice shakers (1 for each color), a trays for drying salt, glue stick, stiff art paper

  For each color, put 1 cup of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of liquid watercolor or 20 to 25 drops of food color in a ziplock bag. Seal each bag, removing as much air as possible. Have your child shake, beat, and knead the contents until all the salt is tinted. Pour the salt on newspaper lined trays and dry for a couple of hours, or open the bags and let the contents dry overnight. When the salt is no longer wet, pour the salt into spice shakers. 

   Give your child a glue stick and paper or a paper plate. Have your child scribble with the glue.

   Give your child the shakers of salt and show her how to sprinkle it on the paper. The salt will stick to the glue. One the glue is dried, shake of the excess salt. 

Coffee Filter Art for 2 years and up:

   Needed: newspaper or disposable tablecloth, coffee filters, washable markers, bowl of water, choice of pipette, paintbrush, or a mister.

   Cover a hard surface, such as picnic table, with newspaper or a disposable tablecloth, then lay out plain white coffee filters. Either flatten them in a book over night or tape them to the surface to make them flat. 

   Give your child washable markers and let him color on the coffee filters.

   When he is done coloring, bring out a bowl of water and let him drop some over the artwork with the pipette or paint brush, or use the mister. The colors well blend and spread to make interesting designs. You can make these into refrigerator art or sun catchers.

Spray Painting for 18 months and up:

   Needed: dry tempura paint, water, liquid dish soap, spray bottles that the little hands can squeeze, old bedsheet

   Mix the colors: Stir together 1 cup dry tempura, 1 1/2 cups of water, and 1/2 teaspoon dish soap (to keep the nozzle from clogging). Mix well and pour into the spray bottles, making sure there are no lumps. 

   Hang the sheet over a fence or on a clothes line, or lay a large piece of paper on the ground. Show your child how to spray and create.

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Today is the day to attack the clothes pile. Now you all know what I am talking about. This pile is either on a chair, on top of the hamper, dresser or at the foot of your bed. Set your timer for 15 minutes and grab some hangers or start folding. While you are doing this do not hang up or fold something that you hate. This is the time to let it go! If you do not love it, send it right out the door!

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