There’s one thing my kids are constantly asking to do that I’m usually less than thrilled about when it comes to crafts, and that’s painting. Over the last year I’ve seen how much joy it brings them (they just love dipping and wiping the color all over anything! ;)) so I’ve tried to get into a little more when I can and have the time.
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For this project, instead of using paint brushes we made our own with clothespins (a big pack is pretty inexpensive!) and cotton balls, and the paint holder/palette is just an old egg container. It’s really no fuss and when you’re done everything can be tossed (you can re use the clothespins if they’re not to messy! I try to, depending!). When the cotton balls are ‘dabbed’ onto the paper it can make a really neat sponge effect too.
I used these free printables, cut them out and then glued them onto construction paper. I filled up the egg container with these paints (there are so many fun colors- I want them ALL!) and let Honey paint to her heart’s desire, no pun intended 😉 She painted some for us, her brothers, and her Gammy and had a blast while doing it!
This is a cheap + easy way to give some handmade gifts for V-Day! I guarantee you the kids will love these little DIY paintbrushes as well! Honey is asking if we can do it again today, but I’m going to try to hold her out until next week, haha. Have fun creating!
