"Washability you can trust"

The girls love to paint.  Keeley prefers to paint with actual paints.  She gets frustrated with watercolors because the yellow always gets dirty :-)  When Keeley first moved up in her school from the toddler to the primary they allowed her a little more freedom in her work selection as she was getting used to the new environment.  She brought home so many paintings we didn't know what to do with all of them!  Kayden, if given the choice, chooses watercolors most of the time when she paints but she also loves to use finger paint and tempera paint.  It is funny to watch them because you can see so much of their personality in the way that they design their paintings. 

Today the weather was beautiful so I thought we would head outside and play.  They, however, spent 2 hours painting in our playroom.  Yes, two hours.  We started painting some salt dough that we made yesterday and then moved to the finger paints on big paper in the hallway.  Kayden requested sponges and the roller so they added that to the mix.  At least our playroom is really a formal dining with big windows so we were able to enjoy the natural light!

These are the first two paintings they created....

Kayden started with the lines in the middle and then did the color on the top and bottom.  It was interesting to watch her stamp because she did it left to right, just like you read.  That is how they teach everything in her school and I guess it is rubbing off!

This is Keeley's first work.  She did top to bottom and alternated stamps with the roller.  That is the other way they teach in their school - left to right and top to bottom with everything you do to encourage reading.  So interesting.

Perhaps we won't paint in school clothes again.  Or at least maybe not chapel clothes....I hope their products are as washable as they claim to be!

And here comes trouble exercising his new skill!