Introducing chalk paint
For those of you following along, you know that I am on a quest to introduce the concept of painting to my little nephew Wy.
I could make Wy sit down with me, hold his hand, and make him paint a picture but that is a sure fire way to get him to NEVER want to paint again. Instead, I continue to introduce painting through new methods.
On this beautiful sunny day, I took Wy outside so he could ride his car around our driveway.
While he was at it, I set some chalk, three cups of sidewalk paint, and two different kind of paint brushes right in the middle of the driveway.
Then I started painting with the brush.
And before long, Wy came over to see what I was doing and decided he wanted to explore the tools a bit too.
He tried each tool – dipping and painting.
He even dipped the chalk into the paint to draw but that didn’t seem to work so well.
Creating prints
Once we had our designs all down on the concrete we took some paper and flipped it over on the designs.
Then Wy stomped on the paper to get our print planted firmly on the paper.
And we had a fun design to take home to mommy!
Another step in the right direction in my personal quest to inspire Wy’s interest in painting! Â Oh yes, and in case you noticed the change in t-shirt. We did this activity two days in a row so the photos come from both days:) After all, it is in the repetition that Wy moves from exploring the materials to creating with the materials. On day two – I already was seeing a difference.
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