Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Painting on Tinfoil, Revisited

While the little guy was on the mend, he asked to paint on tinfoil. We accidentally discovered this activity, but had yet to actually try it again. When he looked at me with his pale little face and asked to do try it, I hustled my little much larger than little booty over to the pantry to whip out some sheets of tinfoil.

Alas, this project still seemed magical to my little guy.


He loves to mix colors when painting,but often when doing so on paper, the colors that are produced are usually a stunning shade of brown. On tinfoil, there is less brown-ness, and much more swirling gorgeous colors.

I wanted to press the paper down gently to hopefully get a print of this swirling goodness, so that is what I tried to do. As soon as I carefully placed the paper down, two little super fast hands rushed to mash and squish the paper down.



I think they still came out quite lovely, squished colors and all.
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15 comments:

  1. Jill @ A Mom With A Lesson PlanJuly 27, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Great idea, adding the tin foil. I usually have them paint on the table for reverse painting. It takes forever to clean up!

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  2. learningtableJuly 27, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    What fun!

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  3. JustineJuly 27, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Thanks! The tin foil did make it a super quick clean up!

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  4. Grandma BonnieJuly 27, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    New follower from Just 'Cuz Blog Hop.
    Hope you follow back.

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  5. jessicaclarkeJuly 27, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog, following u back. I'll have to try this I've been putting off doing to much painting due to the mess(selfish mommy) but my little guy loves it. I'll have to try this out.

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  6. ShareandRememberJuly 29, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    I've been thinking of painting on foil - I like this idea with making prints! Neat!

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  7. LocalFunForKidsJuly 30, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    It looks like he had so much fun with this!
    Thanks for linking up with Fun for Kids Friday.
    Have a great weekend!

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  8. LocalFunForKidsJuly 30, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    P.S. I love the name of your blog ; )

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  9. JustineJuly 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Thank you!

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  10. MandiJuly 31, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Ooh, we've never painted on foil! Great idea! I'm loving your adorable blog!

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  11. JustineAugust 2, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    Thank you so much Mandi!

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  12. Mom to 2 Posh Lil DivasAugust 3, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    Oh, Justine - we have not painted on foil! I must try this - my girls LOVE mixing colors but as you said we usually end up with a brown blob by the time all is done - this seems so much prettier and of course more fun to try something new!

    I am off to find my tin foil! Thanks for linking to the Sunday Showcase - your ideas are always so much fun and so doable - love that! :)

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  13. ElaineKBApril 7, 2013 at 6:46 PM

    how about leaving the painting on the foil rather than make a print of it? Anyone tried that ?

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  14. AnonymousJuly 3, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    How does painting on tin foil prevert the colors from mixing together and ending up with a brown paint work?

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  15. JustineJuly 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    I don't know how it does it officially, but it definitely worked for us. Perhaps because it is a slippery surface?

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