Toddler Tuesday: Paint!

I don't know about everyone else, but my kid loves to paint.  He does it at school, but hadn't really at home, since I don't keep many "craft" supplies around.  I thought that painting in the house was just going to be too big of a hassle, and too big of a mess.  I was wrong.  It was easy, and tons of fun.

For our first painting project at home, I decided we would paint picture frames.  I found wooden craft frames at Wal-Mart for 99 cents each.  I also picked up a bag of assorted brushed for under $5 and a primary colors set of acrylic paint for $4.  So, I spent about $12 total since I got 3 frames.

I put a trash bag over my son's table and a couple more on the floor, since we had no newspaper to protect the carpet.  I used a paper bowl for water to rinse the brushes, and a paper plate as a palette for his paints.  Then we went to work!

We went with no shirt, much easier to clean up afterwards.

This was a fun activity that lasted over an hour, ended with some neat original frames, and kept the little guy entertained without the TV.  I had a great time too, and next time I'm picking up more things to paint, since he wanted me to do it too.