Today I wanted a simple activity that didn't involve much setting up or cleaning up after, and I know Arthur loves playing with paint, but he does tend to get very very messy! I tried once when he was younger placing paint under some taped down cling film, but he soon tore the cling film away and got messy again! So I thought this time I would seal some paint into a resealable sandwich bag, and for some added sensory stimulation I taped the bag to the window so the light would come through it.
I worked out to be a lovely way of getting Athur to practice pre-writing shapes, like zig zags and wavy lines, as well as teaching him shapes and colours. He still wanted to do his favourite thing, handprints, so I showed him he could and that made him happy! In the end it turned into a sort of wipe clean drawing pad, with squishy sensory extras. And other pluses included Alyssa enjoying giving it a good scrunch and a squeeze, and taste which was quickly removed for fear of her new tooth ripping the bag! And the best bit, when finished just pop it in the bin, simple!
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| Ready to go! |
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| Giving it a go |
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| Pushing paint around |
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| Making lines |
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| Scrunching |
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| Mummies shapes |
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| More finger lines |
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| Mummies handprint |
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| Arthur doing handprints |
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| Alyssa squishing |
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