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    Last Modified: May 26, 2022 by Tara Ziegmont 3 Comments

    How to Paint with a Toddler (or, Allie's First Painting Experience)

    A baby in a high chair painting

    This past weekend, Grace and I worked on a painting project.

    While we painted with pink and blue and purple and green, Allie toddled around the kitchen table, asking to be held.

    Not too much time passed before I realized that Allie wanted to play with the paint.

     

    How to Paint with a Toddler

    Materials required:

    • Toddler
    • High chair or booster seat
    • Non-toxic paint - Get the safest, most organic, most natural paint you can, just in case said toddler puts paint in her mouth - I tried this once with baby food, but it didn't work very well. If you don't care about the finished painting, you could use baby food and not worry about the ingesting of paint.
    • Tape
    • Paper

    A baby painting in a high chair

    What to do:

    1. Tape a piece of paper to the tray of your toddler's high chair (or, if you are using a booster seat, cover the table with newspaper and tape the paper to the newspaper). If you don't tape the paper to the work surface, the paint will probably not end up on the paper.
      Or the paper will get turned over and paint will be on both sides.
      Or the toddler will paint on the paper and then pick it up and use her face as a stamp.
      None of those happened here because I taped the paper to the high chair tray.
    2. Strip your toddler to her diaper, and then strap her into her high chair.
    3. Drip paint on to the paper. Start slowly, just three or four drops at a time. Allow her to experience the paint, touching it, smearing it, feeling it in her fingers. Just don't let her eat it.
    4. As she smears the paint around, drip more paint around the paper. I added more paint only when there was nothing left to play in.
      A baby smearing paint in her hair
    5. When your toddler seems to have stopped enjoying herself, remove her from the high chair to the bathtub. Paint is easier to remove from children when it is fresh and wet.
      And also, she will paint fewer surfaces in your house if you clean her promptly.
      A man holding a baby
    6. Allow her painting to dry, then hang it up where you can enjoy it.

    Have you ever allowed your toddler to paint?

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    1. Robyn Wright of RobynsOnlineWorld.com says

      February 29, 2012 at 10:21 pm

      Love this post (shock). Finger paints are such a wonderful experience for kids! I love A's masterpiece!

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    2. hollow tree ventures says

      April 03, 2012 at 5:08 am

      These pictures are adorable! I let my older two kids paint when they were little, and you're right - an immediate bath is a must!

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    3. Shannon Henrici says

      April 13, 2012 at 7:37 am

      Still laughing!!! What an adorable baby! I tried painting with my daughter, but all she would do is eat it. She still tries to suck on the paint brushes (my way to control some of the paint). She loves the texture and I am beginning to think she likes even painting me. Good job mom! My fave is the picture of dad holding her with paint handprints all over his shirt 🙂

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