Praises of a Wife and Mommy

This was a very simple and fun activity and the best part was NO MESS!  Yep a mess free way to finger paint!  :)  I had seen this idea and I just spent the last 15 minutes trying to find the person to thank them and link them to this post and I can't find it!  :(  ANYONE know???  I like to give credit when credit is due.  When I saw this I thought "why, did I not think of that?"   What you need to recreate your own mess free painting experience.   -Big Zip Lock Bags - White Card Stock Paper - Paint Then put the paper in the bag and add a few drops of paint and zip it up!  Children of all ages can enjoy this activity!  Allow them to mush the two colors together.  Practice writing letters or numbers or even fun designs.  :)  I did not have all the primary colors but I was still able to teach my son and daughter color mixing.   We tried blue and yellow to make green, pink and yellow to make or...

We found some spiky balls that light up at Wal-Mart and we used them in our art project to create "fireworks."  :)  This is so easy but my 1 year old and 4 year old had a grand time.  I think they would have used 100 pieces of paper if I would have allowed it!  :) To make for easy clean up I put the paper in a box!  SUPER EASY! Grab your paper and some red, white, and blue paper and a tool like a spiky ball and create some fireworks yourself.  :) The upper right hand corner my daughter made and the lower left hand corner my son made.  :) 

We felt like painting so we got creative.  We walked around the house and outside searching for things we could "paint" with.   So here is the set up: long paper rolled out paint on a tray rock squishy ball leaf straw spoon sponges guitar pick paper First up was the squishy ball (her favorite). Next a golf ball and I loved the dotted effect it gave.   She loves getting messy! Next, was painting with a leaf and she thought this was hard but after I showed her that less paint was better she liked it.   Oh, the fun you can have with a straw.  She struggled blowing hard enough but she thought it was so funny cause she got paint all over her lips.   Laughing because I told her she had blue lips.    Getting ready to help clean up the mess.  Too late she is the mess!  She was due for a bath anyways and it was washable paint so it all came off in the wash.  I saved the paper again and I think I am going to wrap her birthday pre...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE being a mom!  I love that my daughter is at a age where she wants to do arts n crafts and is a little sponge learning and trying new things.   With the heat of the week I wanted another activity that would help keep us cool.  Ice cube painting was a great idea for 90 degree days with lots of humidity.    Not only was this fun but very easy to make.  All I did was put water in my ice cube tray and then added food coloring and then put in the freezer.  SUPER FUN AND EXTREMELY EASY!   Selah's face she makes when she is concentrating.   Her first drawing on paper.    This is an old dish towel that I did not use anymore.   You could set the ice cube in one spot and let it melt for a little bit and then move it.  It created a very neat tye-dye look.  :)  I LOVED IT!  Selah had so much fun moving the ice cubes around.  :)  Her name kinda disappeared but this looks so cool!  I ...

One Crafty Momma inspired me to make my own puffy paint.  It was super easy and it provided HOURS of entertainment for my daughter.  We are in a heat wave so I wanted some activities we could do indoors today.  My daughter painted with the puffy paint for a couple hours before lunch and about another hour after naps.  :)  WOW!!!   So this is what you need: Flour Water Food Coloring Muffin tin Paper I had all of the above already so that was awesome!  :)   In a muffin tin fill each muffin spot half way with flour.  Then add 2tsp of water and mix well. (it should be thicker.)  Then add your food coloring making all the different colors you want to use.  This is a great way to teach color mixing.  I had fun showing my daughter what happens when you add red and yellow, red and blue...etc etc.   She was very excited as we stirred the colors and watched the changes occur.   After the colors are mixed start painting. ...