We are still on the look out for interesting things to print and paint with so when I saw a nice big piece of packing foam at my parents placed I snaffooed it right away! Then one wet, cold and miserable afternoon I took to it with a pair of scissors and cut out some basic shapes – circles, squares and triangles, and wacky-doo a quick and easy printing activity!
What You’ll Need
Sponge/foam of some kind – we used packing foam but you could use kitchen sponges or similar.
Pegs
Plates or similar flat containers for the paint
Paint – add a little water if it is too think.
Paper to print on – the bigger the better!
What to Do
Cut your foam into shapes and use a peg to make a handy hand hold on the top.
Put a little paint in the middle of each plate and swish it around a little with your foam dabbers
Then go wild printing and dabbing and painting to your heart’s content!
Here are some of the other printing projects we’ve done…
Lego/Duplo Printing
Printing with Household objects – including bubble wrap, toilet paper rolls and potato mashers!
We are joining in with It’s Play Time at The Imagination Tree!
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Love the idea of attaching pegs to the sponges! Have done a ton of sponge painting in the past but never thought to use pegs to hold onto.
I recently saw a post, can`t remember where, in which they were painting with toothbrushes. Thought that was a cool idea! I loved painting with potatoes when I was a kid- with shapes cut out of them. Have painted with different vehicles before with Noah too…that was fun.
So do you let the littlest pickle paint yet?
No,,, Noey doesn’t have any interest in painting at the moment. He’d rather just scrunch up the paper and eat it, so that’s what he does, if he’s not asleep :)
Great idea to add the pegs. Have you tried painting with marbles? It’s great fun http://nurturestore.co.uk/marble-painting
I love this and the other article about using household objects. using the clothespins to hold onto the sponges is absolutely brilliant! Now that it is summer here and way too hot to be outside, this will be a lot of fun. Thanks for the great crafty reminder!
Came back to say that I saw another great idea on another blog {Chasing Cheerios} about salad spinner art. Maybe hard with four kids all wanting a turn at one time but still a fun one to try sometime!
Cut paper to fit in the bottom of the salad spinner, put paint in and go! I am definitely going to try this- will let you know how it goes.
Have seen this around before…if only we had a salad spinner!
I love the idea of using clothespins for spongepainting. A great idea for kids who like to keep their fingers clean.
Love the added fine motor practice with the clothespins – and it keeps their fingers clean! Awesome!
I can’t believe I’ve never thought to add pegs like that! Wonderful idea! My boys love sponge painting. :)
Sponge painting is fun and I love that you were able to make your own!
Marbles painting is lots of fun for the kiddos as well as using some veggies to make prints. I did that with my girls and they LOVED it.
our veggie print post in case you are curious – http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-very-first-vegetable-garden.html
thanks for sharing this on the sunday showcase! Hope to see more from you next week!
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