Thursday, March 22, 2012

Painting with Marshmallows

A few weeks ago I was browsing through some blogs and saw a picture of a a child painting a rainbow with marshmallows. I didn't get a chance to read the blog, but I thought it was such a great idea. I do not even know if we did it the same way as the blog did. I like to give credit where it's due, but again I only saw the picture, so I don't know what blog it was from. So I set it up how I thought it should go. Anyhow I was really excited to try this with K. She loves painting and I knew she would like this twist. I set up the marshmallows (left over from our St.Patrick's Day rice crispy treats)  and paint, one marshmallow per paint color. I set down a piece of paper, told her what we were doing, and let her jump on it. She debated whether she wanted to dab the marshmallows for a dotted rainbow, or slide them for a smooth rainbow. I asked her why can't you do both? So she did! I didn't get pictures of the second painting, I was feeding the baby by that time. She had a ton of fun with this. I see an Easter activity with marshmallows in our future.
She got bored of using paper, and soon the activity ended up like this............

Thank goodness the paint is washable!!!  I would say she liked this activity. Can't go wrong with paint!!


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9 comments:

  1. What a great idea! It looks like a lot of fun. Thank you for linking up this week to my Enchanted Thursdays Blog Hop!

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    1. Thanks for the comment! I enjoy participating in your link parties!

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  3. This is a fun idea. Never thought about using marshmallows, but it would be fun...if my kids don't eat them all first.

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    1. Thanks!! It was a lot of fun! I didn't have to worry about my 5 year old eating the marshmallows, I had to worry about myself eating them :)

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  4. Brilliant! I'm always looking for new things to paint with. Thanks for the idea and for linking up to the Weekly Kids Co-op!

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    1. Thank you Amanda!! My daughter loves when I find new ways of painting as well.

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  5. What a fun activity!!! Thanks for linking up to TGIF!! - Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!
    Beth =-)

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    1. Thanks Beth!! I look forward to your Link parties!!!

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