Today was much like a hot summer day in the middle of spring! We took our spray bottles out the back, hung a sheet over the fence and Missy 2 and Mr 4 sprayed the heck out of it. Last time we played with spray bottles, we did it flat on the ground on paper, but hanging a large sheet of paper or cloth allows the children to be more free with it.
Daisy, as always, was faithfully hanging around the kids, you can see by how muddy Missy 2 was, that Daisy was happy to see her! The poor thing got knocked over in the mud. Not to be deterred, her and Mr 4 got on with the important business of playing.
Mr 4 instigated lots of experimental play with these spray bottles. He believed that if he sprayed lots of colour onto flowers that he could make them grow faster…
He was deeply dissappointed that they didn’t grow before his eyes! So, he turned his attention to our irises (some of which were taller than him) and painted them blue.
…Now that’s what I call art!
Also, you’ve probably noticed by now Hear Mum Roar’s new look. I have the wonderfully talented Violet Le Beaux to thank for designing the new graphic art, so thank you!!
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fabulous idea! I remember painting pictures on our house and fences with just a paintbrush and water as a child
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Kebeni, we used to do that too! Kept us busy for ages
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My kids love doing this as well! Last time we used paintbrushes as well as spraybottles, I love that you can just wash the sheet afterwards and use it again and again. The blue spray on the flowers looks so beautiful, what a great day in the sunshine.
I love how the white irises turned out blue, Caz, I just had to grab a photo! To be honest, I hadn’t really thought about what I was going to do with the sheet afterwards, LOL. I’m kind of, ‘create first, ask questions later’ kind of gal.
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love the painted flowers! beautiful!
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Thanks Anne, I love them too.
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This is an idea I will be keeping spray bottles for. Love it.
We did spray painting this week, too and it was awesome. I realised at the end of the activity that hanging the paper up was the best way, too. I love his painting on the Iris, beautiful
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It’s a handy use for them, Chapter Forty:)
Becky, I definitely agree, hanging is best! If I could’ve gotten my hands on some butcher paper, this would’ve been runny rainbow stripes. Beautiful
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Looks like great fun, will have to remember that for the next nice day:) And find a place to han the sheet *one year on, still no washing line*
I love the painted flower so pretty! My two love to use spray bottles but I have only put water in them in the past about time I mixed it up a little with some paint
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It’s lovely on a hot day, Amanab:) I was actually going to hang this on the fence, but the gate was lower, so I did that. You could even hang it on one of those indoor clotheslines or something.
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Phillipa, it’s very easy to do turn it into paint, I just added some food colouring. The first time I did this the colours were stronger, and because I recycled that batch by adding more water, these colours are actually lighter. Nice, cheap and accessible:)
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Great idea. I’ve tried something like this with paper, but never fabric (or flowers!). I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks for the idea.
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Hi, Jane:) I find the nicest thing to paint this on is butcher’s paper. Nice and porous, but big
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I love your painted flowers! Sweet.
Thanks, Jade:) I must say, on such a hot day, looking at that blue flower made me feel very cool
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Just added spray bottles to my shopping list, thank you for the inspiration
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It’s great weather for it, Christie:)
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