Ribbon Throw Painting, that is.
Henry, what three colors would you like to paint with?
Blue, Green and White.
I was shocked he named three colors. I didn’t have to correct him to only choose three, or coerce him into saying another color. He simply just rattled off three colors.
Add some ribbon [or cords, or tinsel, whatever you got on hand] and dip into the paint.
I taped four scrapbook papers together in a large square on some cardboard outside.
Henry dipped the ribbons in paint and ran them across the paper.
Surprisingly, this didn’t really interest Henry…
Until he stood up to refill his ribbon with more paint.
He began throwing the ribbons onto the papers!
Seeing how they splatted onto the paper and what kind of design they left suddenly became interesting to Henry.
Then dragging the ribbon off to do it again, left yet another streak of paint.
Beautifully created art and a fun activity in one!
Henry chose to display the blue paper in the frame.
Why the blue paper? Because there’s an H – for Henry!
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– Henry is 3 years old –
– George is 7 months old –
I'm a baker's wife and a stay at home mom. Hands on : as we grow is all about the activities that I do at home with the kids [Henry, 4, and George, 1 1/2]. We're full of energy and excitement and we sneak in learning opportunities wherever we can. But most importantly, we like to have fun with all of it. [Read
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Love this! You are creating Henry into a Jackson Pollock (artist)! There is always great experimentation going on with each post! Since Henry is so active a new twist is always put on to each activity! I Love it! Keep doing what you are doing! Most parents would give up, but you just go with the flow!
Excellent. Adding this to my growing list of painting ideas to share with my toddler
Oooh, what a wonderful idea! And I'm so impressed that he found the H! Way to go, Henry!
I love how Henry figured out how to make ribbon painting fun!
It's a different ball game altogether with boys! No matter how he did, the best part is, he figured out a way for himself and a way that resulted in fun as well as art! Love the photos!
Very fun! I like the large surface area he had to work on. Thanks for linking up!
Love the action shots – and the finished masterpiece looks fab in the frame.
Love the effect you've created here – yet another idea that I shall add to my ever lengthening 'to try' list.
Thanks for adding this, and the other posts, to Mini-Masterpieces.
I love the ideas Jamie! I am a stay at home mom of triplet toddlers so we’re always looking for things to do…you have inspired a lot of time spent together!
Excellent Post! Just what I was looking for!
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