Bubba Painting - Arts, Crafts and DIY

No mess painting for babies and toddlers.

Material

1 Newspaper
1 tbsp 3 or 4 Different Colour Paints
1 Zip Lock Bag
Tape
Scissors
4 pieces Sketch/Thick paper

Method

Spoon paint into bag so that the blobs are not touching.
Seal the bag and tape it to a window or glass door (or floor for babies).
Let bubba poke, press and smudge paint around in bag.
Lay down some newspaper and place sketch paper on top.
Remove zip lock bag from window and cut all 4 edges off.
Carefully pull the bag apart and place the pieces paint side down onto 2 of the pieces of sketch paper.
Peel off the plastic and place the last 2 pieces of paper onto the painted paper to make a print.
Peel apart the pieces of paper to reveal 4 copies of the artwork.
Sit or hang up to dry.

Notes

Both my boys have been doing this since they could crawl. They use their hands, toys etc to spread the paint. Just make sure their nails are short and there are no harsh edges on the toys used.

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This project was posted by:

- BoyMum3
- 18 Aug 2014
  11:44 pm

58 Comments

- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    4:40 pm
I like the no mess part of this!!

- - Mummyofone77 said
  - 08 Jan 2020
    5:01 am
Excellent idea! Looks like lots of fun even for the older kiddies

- - mom19782016 said
  - 11 Mar 2019
    9:33 am
Perfect for mess free playing for toddlers!

- - mom297125 said
  - 25 Apr 2018
    3:23 pm
Omg……i love this idea of mess free painting. Just moved into a house, perfect idea to keep the kids entertained and clean at the same time.
- kjgarner replied
  
  22 Jun 2018 , 9:28 pm
  Great for toddlers and mess free… Yes please!
- - mom81879 said
  - 27 Aug 2016
    8:11 pm
I’m guessing you would still need to supervise. I can picture the bag popping open and paint going everywhere if left unsupervised
- kjgarner replied
  
  28 Jun 2018 , 8:36 pm
  Yes you would still have to supervise but looks cool still
- - Nas01 said
  - 14 May 2016
    9:53 am
ohh, i love this mess free painting.

- - Kasey said
  - 31 Dec 2015
    5:50 pm
this is my type of painting!

- - mom163392 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    12:50 am
No mess painting, wonderful

- - mom113055 said
  - 20 Oct 2015
    4:05 am
no mess painting

- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Sep 2015
    11:23 am
This is very cute! Thanks for sharing! Will try it with my toddler!

- - mom113055 said
  - 24 Sep 2015
    5:26 pm
bubba painting

- - mom81879 said
  - 23 Sep 2015
    8:18 pm
That’s so clever. What a great (CLEAN, NO MESS!) way to let bub paint. They’ll still have a ball playing with the paint in the bag

- - fatty82 said
  - 11 Sep 2015
    1:46 pm
that’s such a great idea.. my boy loves paints so this is a great way he can really enjoy it

- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    11:08 pm
ha ha ha practice time.

- - mom113055 said
  - 08 Aug 2015
    6:07 pm
bubba painting so cute

- - mom57808 said
  - 01 Jul 2015
    5:39 am
great idea for bubs so colourful

- - Meghannn said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    11:42 pm
Very clever, love it!

- - mom94125 said
  - 04 Jun 2015
    2:42 pm
i love this idea. i think that you could adapt it as well. you could put little objects into the bag like marbles and let your child learn to manipulate them.
- mom94125 replied
  
  07 Oct 2015 , 9:11 pm
  ta for posting this. so awesome this idea. fun, fun, fun!
- - geometricfro said
  - 31 May 2015
    2:20 am
What a wonderful idea – no mess projects are the best!

- - dannsbuild said
  - 30 May 2015
    11:15 pm
A good idea.