No, you’re not seeing things! He, who hates messy play. He, who wouldn’t touch the fingerpaint or spaghetti paint, has busted out of his comfort zone, gotten paint on his hands and enjoyed it!
This wasn’t the plan, but of course I’m not complaining at all.
It all started with a humble sponge and a string bag from a bag of oranges.
I wrapped it tightly around the sponge with some string…
And we had mesh dab printing, ready to go!
Don’t stress, it’s an old plate…
Printing is a marvelous way for children to apply trial and error to their painting. They learn via cause and effect what will happen if they use something patterned such as a mesh-covered sponge to print onto paper.
It’s a nice, ‘safe’ way to get a child who doesn’t like mess on their hands to have a try at using paint. As Mr 4 has shown us, sometimes all it takes is the need to feel comfortable first, then it’s time to dive in. I think it also helped that his little sister was already using the paint for hand prints anyway, so he felt happy to try what she was doing.
How does your child feel about messy play? Do they love it, or does it bother them?
My child hates touching things actually. It’s very easy to clean up after them! She doesn’t like to touch them especially if they’re somewhat slimy and sticky. It’s so hard to get her to open up to things, I don’t really know what to do! She seems to be a very picky eater too.
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