Here’s a little last minute Halloween craft that you moms can do with your toddlers. It’s super simple…relatively short (for their miniature sized attention spans) and requires very little materials.
You need paint (black, gray or silver would be most realistic), a matching crayon, some paper (your Picasso’s canvas) and a little plate (to coral the mess) and I recommend a wet paper towel (for cleanup).
It’s really simple.
1. strip um down. please note Will’s tummy art. Remember how we are rednecks and Will wanted a tat of the chinese symbol of six point buck? consider that done.
2. dip a finger in the paint and create some fingerprint dots on your canvas.
Will did best (aka didn’t attempt to eat the paint) when I helped hold his hand.
3. Then take the matching crayon and draw eight little legs on each dot.
How cute is Will’s little spider infestation? I especially love the little babies on the side. Very realistic. Like a little hive has just hatched. Will must be learning from the nature channel when I’m off frying bacon.
of course, I had to do one too. I’m competitive like that. You got nothin on me Will. granted yours look like spiders and mine look like ants. but let me assure you…when you are old enough to read this, that my painted insects are mutant vicious spider-eating ants…just crawling over the web that they just overtook after devouring your black widows like bits of potato salad at a picnic. Ponder that my toddler…ponder that.
Anyhoo.
This might be another craft that you could use for home made cards for the grandparents or even cute for pumpkin-decorating with your tot.
Or if you are just really into finger painting…in which case…don’t let the grown ups bring you down 🙂
Happy halloween! Hope you have a spooky day!
Happy Halloween! Hope your day is Spooktacular!
PS. That is such a cute idea! I might have to do that with my kids. Someday. When I get some.
Great activity for tonight when we get back from Trick or Treating- thanks!
Very cute- and even non-artistically inclined mommies, like myself, can handle this one!
WOW!! nifty little toddler creation! I’m too anal to let Henry go near paint.
So cute. Washable stamp pads are a great alternative to the paint. Easy cleanup and washes if it does happen to get on something. Fingerprint art is so much fun with toddlers (and grade school kids.).
What a cute idea for kids! Those pictures are so sweet too! You’re a good Mommy! 🙂
You are a good mommy. I never came up with stuff like that when my kids were toddlers. Happy Halloween!
Thanks for the last minute easy craft. My three boys (ages 5,3 and 1) had a stomach bug for Halloween, so we couldn’t go out trick or treating. I saw this and it was a quick last minute activity to take their mind off the fact they were stuck inside during the festivities. We started out with fingerprint spiders, but quickly turned into full fledged finger-painting. Needless to say they had fun, so thanks for the idea.
I’m so glad Gen! I sometimes wonder if these little crafts help anyone (except me so that I can remember my fun with Will!) so it is so encouraging to me to hear you tried it! YAY!
xo – kb
How very fun and cute! Your little guy is adorable. Mine just hit 7 months, but I’ll stash this away for next year!