I love painting with food colouring (even though it can be messy if you aren’t careful) thanks to its vivid colours. And I think it is a great paint medium for toddlers as it is completely non toxic (just make sure you supervise them closely – it does wash off, eventually!)
Immy enjoyed painting sheets of tissue paper using cotton buds as a brush and food colouring as her paint medium (to minimise the risk of harm, I poured the food colouring onto squares of paper towel).
She started off with lots of lines, then moved onto spots, and finally tried some “mixing.” Everything with paint is about mixing for Immy at the moment. She is fascinated with the process of mixing colours.
The following day, I cut the painting up and Immy used the pieces to create a tissue paper collage onto white card (with diluted Clag glue). I love the way the “paint” bled a little, making it appear soft and gentle.
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Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.
We discovered yesterday that with squares of bright tissues paper, we could crunch them up, dip them in a little water (enough to cover the bottom of a small bowl, no more) and then dab around a piece of paper. The tissue paper bleeds all over the paper (and your fingers, but they're washable) and makes some really interesting ways to "paint." It was a really fun discovery!
Food colouring or paint dye and water and eye droppers is another fun one, especially on absorbant paper.
I have a MckLinky party called Tot Tuesdays that has recently started. I’d love it if you’d stop by & share some of your great ideas for tots:
http://delicious-ambiguity-nennyk.blogspot.com/2010/04/tot-tuesdays-4.html
Cheers!
As for us, together with our 22-mo-old daughter we have been painting using different things this week
http://eng.parentsideas.com/2010/04/painting-with-children-2/
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