I'm going to show you two different projects I did with him (he's only 2) and they are super simple. The first one I did was a nautical themed 'love' canvas for the living room. This would also be great in a nursery.
I started out by taping off my stripes on a blank canvas and painting on the blue. I used acrylic paint for the stripes, just because it's a little thicker and I wouldn't need as many coats. I let that completely dry overnight before starting with the yellow. I painted the L and the E by hand and then came the fun part! As you can see, the O is his hand print. I just painted his hand and pressed it on. I did the same for his feet, doing one at a time in the shape of a V. Of course he giggled as I painted the bottoms of his feet and he gave me some pretty crazy looks.....as usually I am cleaning him and not making him dirty. And since the yellow paint was the washable kids' paint, it came off super easy with just one baby wipe.
The other project we did was his initial for his room. This one I let him do all on his own. He absolutely loved it. We used all washable crayola paint for this one, because I knew it would get messy. No paintbrushes needed on this project, just an excited toddler!
I taped off his letter L and put a small glob of each color of paint (except white) onto a plate for him. He started by painting himself first.....I had to guide him back to the project. LOL. Finally, the whole canvas was covered and we were done. I stuck him in the bathtub and then proceeded to pull the tape off of his canvas. Here is our finished masterpiece:
Covered in paint!
Totally WASHABLE!!
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