Hot Wheels Painting
I was inspired by this great post at Hands on: as we grow for using trucks to make paint tracks. I set my son up with paint and brushes and hot wheels. I showed him how he could make “skid marks” ,something we had talked about the day before in the car after seeing a car accident, on his paper. Of course like most kids they have their own ideas of what works for them with what they have. My son went with the lets paint the hot wheels approach. So our activity turned into him painting all the vehicles he has set out. I love watching his little mind work. Little brother woke up while he was playing and wanted to get into it so bad. I chose not to let him. My oldest 3 yr had a lot of fun with this activity and we have done it a few more times this week already:-)
Hot Wheels Painting
What we used/supplies:
We used crayola finger paint. A few of the bottles were almost out so I just added some water to them. They still worked!
What we did/ how to play:
Started out with a skid mark. And then he was off to painting the car! This is a great quiet time activity. It is also easy to setup. Clean up was a breeze because he wanted to “wash” his cars at the end.
He was having soooooo much fun!
He got the whole car! This did wash off with warm soapy water.
On to the next car. Look who woke up, little brother!
He wanted to get up there and paint and get messy so bad. We had to go out so I was in a hurry to wash big brother up. I hope to make some flour paint for little brother and let him play next time too. Hope you and your kids can have some paint fun too.
This past post on a car wash bucket could be great for clean up.
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Jaime
Hi! I am Jaime, mama to three high energy boys. With three boys, life never slows down, but I wouldn't have it any other way! We love creating, learning, and crafting together and we can turn anything into an adventure.
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That is exactly how we came to start painting cars in our house! I set up the exact same activity and my boy took it and made it his own. Great minds think alike! It is the activity he requests to do the most.
Love to hear that. My son has done this activity a few times and I left the pan covered with press n seal bc I know he will do it again:-) Thanks for stopping by!
My 2.5 year old is a Matchbox car fanatic. I CANNOT wait to try this with him. Thank you!!
Malia {Playdough to Plato}
thanks for stopping by and glad you found something for your child:-)
Cars and paint, an awesome combo for any boy!
thanks for stopping by
This is one of the things that I want to do everytime I see it, and then I forget about it. I have to make up a “must do” list and put this on there!
you sound like me,lol. Happy to remind you, thanks for stopping by
Must do at our house! My toddler would absolutely love it. He is a vehicle fanatic.
Thanks for stopping by:-)
I love that he is actually painting the whole car! and that pic of little bro is just priceless!!!
This is one of my sons’ favorites! Love your pics.
one of my sons now:-) thanks for stopping by.
This is popular at our house too, my son loves checking out the different tracks.
so glad to hear from you!
My older son loves this- I like the idea of using fingerprint, that probably washes off even more easily.
the finger paint washed off well for me. So glad you came by
You should end the whole thing with a “car wash” activity – dunking the cars into soapy water, making clean-up part of the fun! =) Awesome idea, love your pictures!
we have a post for a car wash bucket, I added it to the end of this post. Thanks for stopping by-FSPDT
We have done this recently too! Such a great idea! Thanks for linking up. xx
My son loves to use his monster truck wheels to do this- he actually uses his monster truck with any medium…play dough, shaving cream….he just loves his trucks! Boys are so funny!
Great ideas! My little guys would love this! We’d love to invite you to join us at Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes! I know everyone will love your great kid-friendly ideas! Have a great weekend!
Mackenzie 🙂
http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/saturday-show-tell-20/
Oh my gosh. This is awesome.
If you’re interested I’d love for you to link up at my Toddler Linky!
http://philwife.blogspot.com/2012/07/teaching-time-for-toddlers.html
Thanks for linking up, I hope you’ll be back this week.
-Mackenzie