This week's project was my own personality test of sorts. After folding several different colored pages in half, I had the girls dab various paint colors on or around the center folds. They then re-folded the pages, pressed them flat with lots of gentle patting, and finally opened them up to reveal colorful blobs of paint. Rebecca had such a good time that she kept asking for additional folded pages to cover with paint. Elliot waved the spoonful of paint around in the air while I stood at the ready to remove said spoon before the paint could land anywhere but on the paper. Elliot then had fun patting the paper and seemed anxious to open it up to see what interesting shape had been made, but there I was again, anxious to whisk the paper away from her grasp before her little fingers could feel how wet and runny the paint really was. It's no wonder Rebecca is so concerned about messes; as a mom I tend to try and curb such things before they get out of hand. But it's okay for art to be messy, so I will have to try and silence the tidy mom in me to enhance the sensory dimension of dabbling with art materials. For my own defense I will say that our project occurred right before bedtime on a non-bath night, my husband was at class, and I was too tired to go through the bath routine on my own. I will note for future art adventures to never plan an activity unless a bath can be given immediately afterward. I may also note to look into a household cleaner that works well on paint, markers, etc. Luckily most of these things come in the washable variety.
Our colorful blobs have become conversation pieces around the house. What I see as a bumblebee my husband sees as weight-lifter, and so on. Now that the paint is dry it might be fun to bring out the markers and further illustrate what each blob can be taken to resemble. Or maybe it's best to leave them open-ended?
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