When I saw Activity #6, paint Your Baby’s Feet, I understood I might put my own spin on this for my husband’s birthday card this year as well as have my son, Eli, make it.
A bit backstory: When we were dating, my other half as well as I were quite huge gift givers. whatever from skydiving to sleigh rides as well as even diamond earrings, we both went all out when it concerned birthdays, Christmas as well as the sacred dating anniversary. After we got married as well as started sharing a bank account, those lavish gifts rapidly fell by the wayside, not since we didn’t want to provide the other person special things, however since the other person didn’t want to get them any type of more. I’ll never fail to remember the time I bought a canine sledding experience for my outdoorsy, animal-loving husband, as well as he sheepishly (and kindly) asked me to return it.
OUCH. however I understood. since just the year prior, I had requested a “no-frills” birthday – we we were DINKS (If you haven’t heard that before, that’s double Income, No Kids) as well as typically bought anything we truly desired whether it was our birthday or not, so I wasn’t in requirement of anything, as well as a dinner out costs high quality time with my other half was gift sufficient for me. (My exactly how things modification when ending up being a self-sufficient adult!)
One of the other things that has fallen to the wayside in the name of saving money is buying cards. I don’t understand about you, however I’d much rather spend my $4.00 on a fully-loaded latte than on a piece of paper. We still compose cards for every occasion, however normally they’re homemade.
What we did: I started out by totally covering Eli’s high chair in plastic. We have the Ikea Antilop high chair,(Amazing for only $25!) as well as while it’s totally wipeable, I wasn’t sure exactly how it would hold as much as paint. I likewise chose to switch him from his typical fabric diapers into a disposable, as well as it’s a great thing I did – since this activity is untidy – remarkable – however messy.
To try to manage the amount of paint he played with, I took a paper plate with a lot of paint on it as well as dipped his hands into it, then let him play. At first, he truly didn’t care about the paper, he just wished to gaze at his hand. Please notice the crossed-eyes below. His eyes were stuck like that while he turned his hand around as well as around for a great five minutes.
Eventually, I took his hands as well as showed him exactly how he might “paint” the paper as well as he took rate of interest in seeing the colors transfer from his hands to the paper, as well as the plastic, as well as his body, as well as of course, his mouth.
To keep it simple, I just selected two colors, blue as well as red, as well as I tried to let the blue dry a bit before I let him relocation on to the red, just so things wouldn’t turn as well brown.
Before he started painting, I cut out a couple pieces of cardstock to 8.5” x 5.5” as well as folded them in half to look like cards, as well as I kept a handful of extra 8”x10” sheets on hand so he might make a few pieces of art for us to hang on a chalkboard wall we have in our house.
Here are a few of his masterpieces.
I’m hoping these will be worth billions of dollars someday when Eli grows as much as be a master artist. You never know!
Oh, as well as right here are 10 recipes for homemade, edible paint or you can likewise purchase non-toxic paint in situation you want to try this as well!
[Photo credit: Laura Wifler — all rights reserved]
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