Wednesday 17th March is St. Patrick’s Day when we will all be wishing we could find a pot of gold left by a little Leprechaun at the end of a rainbow. Failling that, how about some finger painting to make your very own rainbow?
We started by mixing up some colours – which the girls thought was magic! I’m sure you know red and yellow make orange, blue and red make purple and yellow and blue make green but they didn’t and they were impressed with Mummy’s alchemy!
The first technique we tried was to put a blob of paint onto each finger to make a rainbow with one swipe of the hand. You’ll need to help your child work out which finger needs to go in which colour of paint for this.
With the fingers held close together you can then make a rainbow arc on your paper. This worked well for Big (who is 7) but Little (who is 3) found it hard to hold her fingers in the right way to create a rainbow, and besides the paint was for too tempting to only put your finger in once!
So she used just her index finger, taking one colour at a time, to make her rainbow.
Add a black pot and some gold finger-fingerpainting coins and you have a great card to celebrate St. Partick’s Day.
And you might also like this idea to put a rainbow in your tummy!
a rainbow on your plate
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
Happily shared with Today’s Creative Blog.
Simple and sweet! Thanks for sharing!
Phew this time of the year , espeically March is far too busy for me, Maxi Birthday tomorrow and then my wedding anniversary on the 18th. St Patricks day just gets forgotten
I know what you mean – lots of celebrations and festivals around now. My husband’s family is from Dublin so we do try to remember this one!
SOOOO smart and cute!!! Love it all!
oh how lovely! I love painting with the kids but keeping them at the table and the paint out of the rest of the house is such a challenge!
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