Hand Painting - Arts, Crafts and DIY

56 Comments

This project is a great sensory project and helps to build fine motor skills, as well as colour awareness and helps evoke imagination

Material

1 A4 or A3 art paper
1 Red Paint
1 Yellow Paint
1 Blue Paint
1 Art Smock
Lots Water for cleaning
1 roll of paper towel for cleaning
1 Peg - to hang painting to dry
1 Clothes line - to hang painting to dry
1 Plastic lid for paint to rest on

Method

Put one paint at a time onto the plastic lid and allow the child to explore it's textures, make sure you sit beside them and talk about colours and help the child place the paint onto the paper. Add ech new paint to the same lid and talk about the change in colours and allow children to explore this concept
After the child has completed the painting, clean up the child and the floor/table and hang painting to dry
Once dry speak to the child about their painting, talk about colour and the feel of the dry paint and what the child has painted - talk about the picture itself and what the child sees when looking at their picture.

Notes

Please make sure that you supervise your child in this process and help them to understand what they are learning about and just enjoy the experience, don't worry about the mess... It can be cleaned. A wonderful way to bond with your baby.

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- snozzlewort
- 05 Mar 2014
  11:52 am

56 Comments

- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    5:00 pm
Fun and soooo messy. You are a brave parent to do it in the house!!

- - mom81879 said
  - 31 Oct 2019
    12:03 pm
I did one of these with my grandson on my last visit. Oh Lordy did we make a mess! But also had heaps of fun doing it. I think there was more paint around us then on the actual paper

- - kjgarner said
  - 22 Jun 2018
    9:43 pm
I bet you he had fun!
- kjgarner replied
  
  28 Jun 2018 , 8:46 pm
  All kids love painting with hand and fingers, getting messy is what they do best
- - mom112217 said
  - 25 Feb 2017
    6:30 pm
So very cute and to keep as a memory!

- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Sep 2015
    11:40 am
Very cute and looks like great fun!

- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    11:18 pm
thats a nice painting style

- - mom93821 said
  - 19 Nov 2014
    6:42 am
Thanks for sharing; love painting and messy play.
- mom93821 replied
  
  27 Dec 2017 , 9:56 pm
  Such a lovely photo of this craft activity.
- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Nov 2014
    1:17 am
babies love to play with this and they can also learn about mixing colours. lots to learn about while playing with this
- mom94125 replied
  
  07 Oct 2015 , 9:43 pm
  cheers on posting the good idea. kids learn from getting in there and having a go and this activity helps encourage that.
- - ginoula5 said
  - 10 Aug 2014
    7:26 pm
haha so cute! got to love kids and painting

- - mel_phillips said
  - 30 Jul 2014
    4:13 pm
What great fun!! Sure to get messy!!

- - lou3 said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    1:48 pm
Love it beautiful

- - caramello said
  - 17 Jun 2014
    11:13 am
fun. thanks for sharing

- - scottie said
  - 29 May 2014
    6:56 am
my grand daughter will just love this

- - twinmum2 said
  - 28 May 2014
    8:50 am
Finished art work can be used as wrapping paper. Grandparents especially love this type of wrapping.

- - Happymum-2 said
  - 27 May 2014
    1:52 pm
ahh the kids love making such mess

- - maureen3 said
  - 20 May 2014
    1:44 pm
Very creative and interesting thanks

- - meimei said
  - 18 May 2014
    12:10 pm
Wow….. your son really enjoy his hand painting.

- - bambi28 said
  - 17 May 2014
    3:23 pm
oh that’ looks like a very messy job

- - jadedbutjoyful said
  - 11 May 2014
    3:58 pm
Looks like you had HEAPS of fun, and mess….lol

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 08 May 2014
    7:52 pm
love messy and fun play time