Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Canvas Painting!

With the big kids back in school, and the babies in preschool only twice a week, we did a fun project for the newest big kids!

I guess they're not babies any more, but they will always be these cute, chubby babies to me!

So we decided to do a little canvas painting! We bought two canvases from WalMart for $7 total, a bag of brushes for $3, and some paint for $0.95. We made an impromptu smock out of our old duvet cover that I keep in the car to cover the seats with... Just cut it to size and cut arm holes... Perfect!

Ready to work...

Bag O brushes...

They had a great time, picking out which brushes were theirs, and which they would use first!

Then laid out a garbage sack, and secured it down with rocks on the corner...

Poured on some paint and let them at it...

They had a blast! It was fun watching them paint, very carefully, then realize they could do whatever they wanted, and they became totally engrossed in it. Kate's started off as a rainbow... But like we all find ourselves, unable to step away, they rainbow was soon completely covered...


And then we painted the rocks!




2 comments:

  1. Oh that baby pic reminds me of my girls! I babysat those little ladies for Alex once and I can't believe how grown up they are. How lucky to have you for a nanny...come nanny for my girls too. I'll just lay on the couch and be a slug why you orchestrate all these awesome projects. deal? deal.

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  2. Al! That sounds like the best idea ever! I want to squeeze those babies!

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