Creative Kids Moment: Rainbow Prints

Supplies:

• Paint (I have Crayola finger paint.  It is non-toxic and wipes up easily but any would do.)
• Container lid (such as yogurt lid)
• Blank cards
• Plain paper (optional)

Method:

1)    Put a dollop of several colours around a container lid.  Using a finger mix the paint together a bit.

2)    Place the blank cards on the table, spread them out but keep them within your child’s reach.  Often I will test on plain paper first to play around with thickness of paint and to make sure C has the idea of what is going on.

3)    Cue your child to spread his/her fingers and help him/her put his/her hand completely flat on the paint.

4)    Demonstrate with your hand (with or without paint as you prefer) how to press your hand on a card/paper.  When you child puts his/her hand down, press on top of it to make sure all of it makes contact with the paper.

 That’s it!  Now you have a beautiful card (and keepsake) to Grandma or Uncle or whomever.