I sure do love the smell and feel of an afternoon summer thunderstorm. However, rainy days + little boys that love to play outside can = bummer. Making lemonade out of our rainy Monday lemons, we took advantage of the gray of the afternoon and added a splash of color to our world by painting in the rain.
(Thank goodness for covered car ports!)
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| No rainy day would be complete without running out into the raindrops. |
Max is a big fan of painting. And today, I tried a new finger painting technique using makeup sponges to (try to) create a smaller mess:
Supplies Needed: Makeup sponges, WASHable paint, & paper!
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| Excited-to-paint face! |
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| Once the makeup sponges were dipped in the paint (by Mama), they were perfect for little fingers to use to finger paint. |
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| Caught him red-handed! :) |
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| What a beautiful mess! |
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| Is there something on my nose?! |
Final verdict: the makeup sponge-technique did not lead to a smaller mess... But in my opinion, 3/4 of the fun of painting is the mess, so I considered our activity a success! And the rainy atmosphere just added to the greatness of it all.
"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow." -Gilbert K. Chesterton
perfect...
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