Chalk Paint!



Camille's potato in the upper left; Mommy's heart flowers in upper right

 Thank you to PBS for this fun idea. All of our out-of-town guests left yesterday, and the Christmas joy was beginning to turn into aw-man-I-have-to-go-back-to-school blues, so this provided a great distraction for Camille as well as a soothing activity.

Moms, you can lose yourself in play on this one too.

Tools:
Sidewalk chalk
Plastic cups or just reuse old yogurt cups
Paintbrushes - all different sizes work
Water

Drop pieces of the sidewalk chalk into the cups filled with water. You can either crunch up the chalk and make a paste right in the cup, or you can take the soaking wet chalk out of the cup and rub it on the ground till it forms a paste and then use the water to smooth it out. Paint away!

Your kid will enjoy watching the colors go from dark to light as the water dries. Plus, the simple act of brushing a wide stroke of paint across the patio without the worry of messing up is quite soothing.

As the sun was setting on our last few drops of vacation, we were busy painting away.


Camille at work




Magic carpet

Sun