My kids love messy activities but sometimes it’s just a little too much to handle indoors.

We decided to do some outdoor painting.

A small amount of paint, a squirt of washing up liquid and a few drops of water were mixed in our pallet.

I showed my 4-year-old  how to blow bubbles with a straw. We talked about the difference between blowing and sucking.

What will happen if you suck the straw?

I’ll drink the paint. Yuck!

It’s like the wind, the wind blows but it doesn’t suck.

We placed the paper on top to make bubble patterns.

Next she made a bubbly hand print.

When the paint overflowed onto the deck she discovered that you could do something else with the straw.

 

 

Blowing the paint on the paper with the straw made a whole new type of painting.