Here’s a quick idea you could try to explore shapes with your child.
Take a kitchen washing-up sponge and cut it into different shapes using some scissors. We made rectangles, squares and triangles. Talk with your child about the shapes: How many sides do they have? What are they called? Can they see anything in the room the same shape? What pictures could you make with the shapes?
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Then place some paint onto a shallow dish and show your child how you can dip a sponge shapes into the paint and then press it on to a piece of paper to make a print. Have fun experimenting to see what you can create… a house, a train, a spaceship?
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My boys love printing. I have to hide sponges from them as they just cut them up! The pund shop had some nice easter ones in
Little really enjoyed it too. What I like about the sponges is that you can make them into whatever you like. I think we’ll do numbers next time.
So simple, but such a good idea!
super cute idea! I am all about kiddie art projects! Thanks for sharing!