Have you tried this yet?
Tape paint brushes to a child's dress-up construction hat.
Add paint and an upright easel (you can tape paper to a wall, or use an actual easel).
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| At first, they mostly concentrated on wearing the hat, while simultaneously using their hands to control the brushes. |
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| Ayden even took off his hat, and just used his hands at first. |
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| The hats kept slipping off, so it was necessary to keep both hands on their hat while painting. |
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| Two different approaches to making marks. |
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| I had to blot out her face, but there is such concentration going on, I wish I didn't have to! |
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| I love this activity, because it is a whole-body experience. |
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| You have to think outside the normal confines of painting, and use your head--pretty tricky for a three year old! |
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| It was pretty entertaining watching them dip the paint brushes. |
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| There were no individual papers. This was a process-oriented, group project. |
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| Everyone made a contribution... |
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| When they were all dry, they were put up for display, along with photos of the activity. |
Happy playing!
I gotta ask - how dirty did their faces get? :) How'd you ever come up with this?
ReplyDeleteoriginal and fun idea! :)
ReplyDelete@Jamie...not too bad! Actually, their hair and hands got it the worst, but it was all pretty easily washed off.
ReplyDelete@Mille...Actually it's not that original (on my part, at least!) I got the idea from the Ooey Gooey books by Lisa Murphy. Look her up. She has fantastic, creative ideas for things to do in the classroom!
Awesome! I am so curious if my kids would go for this. I *think* they would get a kick out of it.
ReplyDeleteLOL! I love it! What a great idea! I just love the Ooey Gooey lady; she is so creative.
ReplyDeleteOh and please, please, go add this to It's Playtime. Our readers will love, love, love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great inclusive activity. Wondering maybe add a shower cap under hat to keep the hair clean if necessary? Also would be a good activity to encourage disability awareness. Some children access a computer using a pointer on a hat. Place to share this activity on my blog. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea. Thank you for making me think of this from a different angle...I am always looking for more ways to increase awareness of disabilities!
ReplyDeleteThis idea was so creatively messy that I featured you this week on It's Playtime! Thanks for playing with us!
ReplyDeleteRachele @ Messy Kids