Why Grandma's House Rocks!

Another great first for me!   A good friend of mine who also happens to be grandma to 4 little cuties, has a "grandkid room" upstairs where they stay when they visit.  She thought it would be a GREAT Saturday afternoon activity for them to create their own paintings for the room decor.    She picked up a pack of 2 stretched canvases and we scheduled our painting session for when the two oldest kiddos were in town.     We decided the kids would be more comfortable at Grandma's house since they didn't know me at all and were still pretty little.  "M" is 5 and "A" is 3.   I went over expecting to meet two shy little ones, but you could tell they were super excited and just jumped right up and were ready to go!   Because they were younger and eager, I decided to try having them paint at the same time so neither had to wait for the other.   The experience proved to be super fun, but super busy!    Working 2 at a time did mean a less detailed result, but what we lost in detail, we made up for in fun!  And that was what this session was all about.

We started with the blue sky.  Grandma wasn't picky with the design or outcome, so I let "M" choose out the colors she wanted to use, and we knew she loved rainbows and flowers so we went for that for her subject.

 Since "A" was 3, we kept it basic, but super cute!   Here he is working on the sky.   He was so sweet!

Next up, was grass!   "M" learned how to make lines to make it look more "real"  and "A" decided his grass was "a grass pile".   AWESOME quote!   

We are either talking about how to make grass in lines or  where to put the flower stems.

It was in moments like these when I with sister that "A" started taking artistic liberties to enhance his own masterpiece.   But you know what, "rainbow colored flowers" created by sticking your thumb in every paint color was TOTAL genius!

Both kiddos had fun making clouds with the big brush!

What a CUTIE!

 Clouds are ALWAYS FUN!  








When I asked "A" if he liked making circles (for the sun) he pretty much let me know that was a no go!  :)   So I outlined the famous "corner sun" and let him use 2 shades of yellow to paint it.

 This picture allows a good viewing the "pile of grass".   ha ha!  


With "M" I helped her with placement of the flowers, and then made the first small line of the rainbow for her to paint over to get the shape started.  Here she is making the first layer.







I then had "M" work on her flowers while "A" moved onto the highlight of his session, hand painting.  He. Loved. It!   Mom and Grandma both had to come in to see the amazingness of the green hand!   You'll also note the brown line that he painted during the rainbow process and told me it was a flag.   We were totally going to roll with that, but after discovering the joys of painted hands, we changed it into a tree to enjoy the painted hands for a little longer.  

"M" is such a bubbly, happy little girl!   "Look at the paint on my arm!"   I love this picture!

Okay, this handpainting is so amazing....so amazing in fact that this little guy wanted to add flowers and I don't think it was for the art quality.   We were heading down a slippery slope of the joys of using your hands for painting (the rainbow flowers came soon after, and you notice the extra handprints by the trees- this kid moved FAST!  But, they totally work as bushes, right!?)  And you know what, he was having a BLAST!

I LOVE his expression!   Pretty impressive for a 3 year old!

I had so much fun with sweet "M"!  She got to put in all her favorite colors!   She also was very proud of her blue "giraffe flower".   :)  See it?  Great job!

These projects were all about having fun with art, and making a special project for their own room at Grandma's.   I was really able to work with both of the kiddos at their level and just have a super fun afternoon getting to paint with 2 sweet little kids.   They were both so friendly, and talkative, and just lit up my afternoon!   Grandma, you can totally brag about your grandkids anytime you want!   I loved them!