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Has anyone tried painting?

JsMama11JsMama11 member
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I am having a play date this weekend and want the kids (all 13-17 months) to paint pumpkins. Has anyone tried this with LO? I bought small pumpkins and am heading to the craft store for paints and supplies. 

Any tips? Tricks to make this go smoothly? I'm going to get regular and finger paint, maybe some stickers and some smocks. Any other ideas are appreciated! 

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  • magnoliablossom00magnoliablossom00 member
    We haven't had LO paint a pumpkin, but I have finger painted with her a few times. It was a big mess and she was only so-so about it. Hope your LO enjoys it!
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  • LexGatorLexGator member
    We haven't done pumpkins either, but we've done a few crafts, and DD had no interest in the fingerpaint. I mixed food coloring and water and gave her a paintbrush, and she did enjoy that, though. I'm sure some LOs love to get their hands in it (literally), but mine preferred the brush. Good luck -- fun playdate idea!
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  • waterfall11waterfall11 member

    I haven't done it yet, but we are decorating pumpkins at a playdate later this week.  Found a few links with fun ideas:

     https://www.parentmap.com/article/6-no-carve-pumpkin-ideas-for-toddlers?page=1

     https://www.younghouselove.com/2011/10/pumpkin-fingers/

     https://handsonaswegrow.com/2011/10/40-pumpkin-activities-for-kids/

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    I tried fingerprinting with DS twice and he thought I was crazy.  He refused to touch the paint and kept shaking his head no, lol.  Maybe I'll try a brush next time!
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  • kellymacckellymacc

    I'm a little late to the party but . . . .

    We do lots of artsy type things. DS loves to scribble and paint - In the warmer months we did pudding paint (chocolate pudding and paper) and cool whip paint (cool whip and food coloring) outside and he LOVED it!

    Now that it's getting cooler I made homemade fingerpaint and put him in a dry bathtub (naked) with it. He had a blast painting the walls and himself - when he was done I took some photos of his artwork and ran a warm bath and it came right off - although I will say the food coloring did stain his skin a little, his legs were very colorful for about 24 hours lol.

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    imagekellymacc:

    I'm a little late to the party but . . . .

    We do lots of artsy type things. DS loves to scribble and paint - In the warmer months we did pudding paint (chocolate pudding and paper) and cool whip paint (cool whip and food coloring) outside and he LOVED it!

    Now that it's getting cooler I made homemade fingerpaint and put him in a dry bathtub (naked) with it. He had a blast painting the walls and himself - when he was done I took some photos of his artwork and ran a warm bath and it came right off - although I will say the food coloring did stain his skin a little, his legs were very colorful for about 24 hours lol.

    Can you post your finger paint recipe? 

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