There are so many parents who find messy play at home
a nightmare, they want to create beautiful artwork with their babies and
toddlers but they don’t want their home destroyed in the process. I was the
same, I’m not overly house proud really, and mess actually doesn’t bother me
too much but it is definitely easier if it can be contained.
We found a solution. The bath. Easy wipe clean surfaces,
containment, water friendly. Perfect.
We have been using the bathroom as our art workshop ever
since. All I do is tape up a piece of paper or a canvas onto the tiles at the
back of the bath, strip off L and put her in the bath with various brushes and
paint in pots. L has fun and can pretty much do whatever she wants. Often she’ll
paint the bath and the tiles as well as the picture. Once she’s finished I peel
the pictures from the tiles and put them somewhere to dry. Then I turn on the
shower over our bath, if you don’t have one, just start running your bath.
Our sensory play then continues with water play in the bath while
L also gets clean. Win-win in my opinion.
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