Kelly over at A Place of My Own is hosting a British Mummy Bloggers carnival this week and has challenged everyone to write a post inspired by a song title. Here is our entry:
Bubble Painting to the tune of I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles (I’m listening as I type!)
(Hazard warning: you need to make sure your child understands the concept of blowing not sucking through the straw)
We started our musical odyssey by getting our materials ready: some white paper, a plastic tray (big enough to hold our paper), paint, washing up liquid, drinking straws, water
We filled our tray with some water, paint and washing up liquid so it was about 1cm deep and mixed it all up. We made up two different trays so we could use two colours.
Then, using the drinking straw, we started blowing our bubbles. This bit was great fun!
We gently put a sheet of paper over the bubbles to make a print of them. Don’t press down too hard or leave in for too long or you will end up with soggy paper and the bubble print will be lost.
We let the first colour dry (didn’t take very long) and then re-dipped in the other tray to produce our final picture.
Have you tried bubble painting with your kids?
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Again this si something the boys doing. I tend to do it outside, as my teo are super messy. I am doing a childrens craft showcase for painting tomorrow if you would like to link to it. I would love you too.
I shall be over to link up!
So fun! Love how that turned out. I can’t wait to give it a try!
Bubble painting is so much fun! I used to do this in my kindergarten class but I haven’t done it at home with my preschooler…too messy.
Hi! You’ve got a great blog here. I host a linky party every Tuesday called Tot Tuesdays. I’ve love it if you’d stop by and link up your great ideas for tots!
Cheers!
Jenn
http://www.mydeliciousambiguity.com/
Hi Jenn – I shall be over to link up – thanks for the invitation.
The last time I tried this my kids kept trying to drink the bubble solution! They’re a bit older now, so maybe it’s time to try again (during Lily’s naptime)?
i seriously think I need to try this before the kids do LOL
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