What do you do with two kids who love cars and rainbows? Car painting, of course!
Our supplies:
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Paint in individual containers (in our case old container lids)
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Small cars that can be cleaned with soap and water
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Paper in trays (cookie sheets)
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A dish of water for the car wash
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Paper towels
Then they drove their cars through the paint and then on their papers. In between colors the cars went through the “car wash” to rinse off. The cars don’t need to be completely clean to go in the next color as long as most of the globs are off.
It was so interesting to see how they made the rainbows with the cars since I didn’t provide any instructions. When we did the shaving cream painting with fingers and brushes my 2 year old did not make a rainbow shape at all and I had expected her to follow a similiar process today. With the cars she drove it in an arc each time — very interesting! The sensory experience this time was the tool instead of the paint.
They were so proud of their finished products! We left them in the sun to dry and then they used the rest of the paint to drive/paint on other paper I had taped to the patio.
Then they wash their cars! And lots of their other outside toys in the water table.
We always have lots of fun painting with cars. What toys do you like to paint with?
Linking up to:
This looks so much fun!!! What a great way to make rainbows. Would love to invite you to share this with us at Sharing Saturday here…http://www.mamamiasheart2heart.com/2012/03/sharing-saturday-10.html
Thanks so much and have a great weekend,
MiaB
Thanks so much! I did link up — great blog! Thanks for stopping by!
Love this idea. I am hoping to give it a try at our preschool! Thanks for the inspiration!
It was lots of fun! I’m sure they’d love it. Thanks for stopping by!
How fun. I absolutely love finding new ways to paint. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week! And I hope you will share with us again this week!
Thanks! With a two and three year old at home we paint a lot!
Love this and featured it over on my blog today! Seriously such a perfect item to use for stamping rainbows!!! I need to go get some watermelon.
Cool! Thanks so much! I love your blog! Very exciting!
My kids and I love painting with cars..love the idea of making rainbows though!!
So much fun! The cars were perfect for making the arches! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
What fun! I never thought of using cars to paint – cute! I’d love it if you’d link this post to the Rainbow Connection… 🙂
I will! Thanks for stopping by!