Week Thirty-Nine: Paintings for Fall

I love being artsy. I wish I had more time for it. *sigh* I still have fabric on the floor in our office that was supposed to become a lovey blanket for O over 6 months ago. Among at least 6 other random projects that have yet to come to the top of my to do list.

I am going to blame some of the craft neglect on summer. I was so focused on soaking up every bit of summer that art projects were on the back burner. As the temperatures drop my motivation to stay inside grows and with it the desire to get crafty strikes.

The other day I was cutting up potatoes for a crock pot stew {YUM, by the way} and decided to make a potato stamp! So I sat at the table with a toothpick for way too long, carving a cat into a potato. It actually turned out pretty well! I tested it out with pink paint on white paper, and it worked! I was pleasantly surprised. I kind of thought it would be a fail since the potato was wet and the paint didn't stick all that well. Anyhow, next step was to grab black paper and orange paint so O could create a Halloween masterpiece. Fail. So much fail. The orange paint just wasn't opaque enough to show up on the black paper and then O wanted to paint the way he always does and I gave up.

Painting his hands.

We went with some paintbrush painting, then some finger painting, then some paintbrush painting our hands. I love watching O experiment with colors and mixing them together. His curiosity is so wonderful and I can't wait to see what he creates as he grows and develops!

I love this paint. L.O.V.E. It is super washable, and on skin is washes off easily with just water. Brushes from Michael's.

All by himself!

Brush painting with a little hand sneaking in there. 

Brushes and hands and the excitement of mixing colors!

Painting is a big fat mess but so worth it. I love hanging it up at work and at home. O has been good at not eating paint {for the most part} since the first time we tried painting when he was around 6 months old {I think. Talk about this past year being a blur!} Sometimes he puts it to his mouth but he is generally pretty good about listening when I tell him it is gross. 

Do you paint with your little? Have you tried any fun projects or techniques?! Tell me all about it! :)

-H