This is our last paint week activity. It has been a fun week. We will still do painting projects in the future, and maybe even another paint week, but for now here is our grand finale! I saw this post for Bubble Bath Paint just a couple days ago on Just Another Day in Paradise, and I knew we had to fit it in this week. Sweet Girl loves playing in the tub. It is probably her favorite time of the day.

Here is what you need:
1 C Clear Baby Shampoo
3 1/2 T Cornstarch
Food Coloring

Mix shampoo and cornstarch together. Separate into however many colors you want and add food coloring. Super easy!

I gave Sweet Girl a sponge brush to paint with.

 

 She was so excited about her new bathtub toy. 

After awhile she was finished painting and wanted to clean up. She emptied what was left of the paint into the bath water. It got very bubbly and very murky looking. She had a great time playing in the bubbles and scooping and pouring water. I think this bath lasted almost 45 minutes. I love watching her have so much fun exploring.

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Here is another addition to our week of painting while trying not to get any paint on our hands. This activity is very similar to the q-tip activity.

I just gave Sweet Girl some paint and a couple large pom poms. She loves pom poms, so she was very excited about getting to play with them and dip them in paint!

I didn't get a picture of her finished painting, but you get the idea. For this painting Sweet Girl mixed her red and yellow a lot, so we got to talk about orange. And luckily we made it without too much paint on her hands. Every time she gets a little paint on them she holds them out for me to wipe off. I hope she grows out of this.

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Paint week continued Wednesday with Q-Tip Painting. This one was really fun! I squeezed some paint into cupcake liners and gave Sweet Girl some q-tips to paint with. She started out just making dots on her paper, then she realized she could drag the q-tip and  make lines.

 

We talked about green and blue and dots and lines. Whenever she got a little bit of paint on her fingers she held it up for me to wipe off before she continued. The fun eventually stopped because the q-tips got too much paint on them and she wouldn't touch them anymore. But at least we have another original Sweet Girl masterpiece to add to our gallery!

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I have seen so many posts on blogs about kids painting with shaving cream, and since this week is all about painting, I thought it would be fun. But as you can probably guess from the title it was not fun. I'm not sure if I have ever said this before, but Sweet Girl hates having stuff on her hands. She hates finger paint, on her birthday she got upset when she got cake all over her hands. So I don't know why I thought she would like this.

I squirted some shaving cream onto her high chair tray, and that fascinated her. She poked at. I put some on her hands to get her started, and she did not like it. She started to get upset, and when she gets upset she sucks her fingers. Before I could stop her she got a mouthful of shaving cream.

We immediately cleaned up and I let her watch Yo Gabba Gabba, her favorite show. So does anyone want a mostly full can of shaving cream?

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This week for Mommy and Me School, Sweet Girl and I are exploring painting. We started with toilet paper roll painting. I just squeezed some finger paint into a container and gave her an old toilet paper roll, and she got right to work.

I think her favorite part was when a bubble would form on the bottom of the toilet paper roll as she lifted it out of the paint. It just fascinated her. And here is her finished masterpiece.

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I love finger painting. What is more fun than squishing paint between your fingers? I'm not quite ready for Sweet Girl to get paint all over her fingers because then it would be all over everything. So instead it went inside a gallon size bag. I taped the top part closed and to the floor, because the last time we did this she managed to get the bag open and her fingers inside while my back was turned. She is quick.

I used Crayola washable paint that was leftover in my school supplies. I love this paint. Sadly I'm almost out.

We talked about the colors and I showed her how to mix them in the bag. This was not her favorite activity. I think I didn't put enough paint in the bag. It would have been more fun if she could have felt big pools of paint, but like I said I was running out of paint. We'll have to stock up again before next time.

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In my mind Mommy and Me School should be simple and inexpensive. This activity definitely meets those requirements. All you need is a bowl of water, a paintbrush (I found mine in a pack at the dollar store), and sidewalk (I found mine outside of my house.)

Sweet Girl loves to play with water, so I was pretty certain this was going to be a big hit. I originally found this idea on Pinterest and I loved the absolute simplicity of it. We had so much fun together. I even had to get in on the fun and do some painting with her.

 

And, of course when there is water around, Sweet Girl has to jump in with both hands. 

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