Today’s theme for Play, Craft, and Learn with Dinosaurs is Arts and Crafts. Since my children are big fans of paint, I did not have to think long on what we would do for this activity. Dinosaur Painting was the perfect afternoon activity for my boys. Once they knew we were going to paint they could not wait to get started.
Dinosaur Painting is a fun way to let the kids explore with sight and touch. Painting is a great way to show self expression and use your imagination. Two things my kids enjoy when it comes to art.
What we used: plastic dinosaurs crayola washable paints star ice cube tray
large construction paper paint smocks
What we did: To explore painting in a new way (for us) we chose to use the plastic toy dinosaurs as our paint brush. This is definitely process art ie)letting the kids have supplies and determining the outcome of the finished project. Product art is having a desired outcome for a project and helping the children achieve that.
The ice cube mold came in handy to set out multiple colors for the 2 children to paint.
The dinosaurs were dipped in the mold and then pressed, stomped, walked… across the paper. Whatever the imagination came up with the kids did.
A little messy but not enough to keep this from being a low key activity. Playing with their toys in the floor requires more clean up than this art project. They actually sat pretty quiet for over 20 minutes painting! It gave me more time to chase baby brother around the house who know loves to climb and get into everything, lol.
I love the paint colors against the black paper. We saved these paintings and used them for an up coming project.
Little brother made it longer than I thought before he had his entire hands covered in paint and started making handprints. This is one of his favorite things to do with paint.
Little brother finished painting before big brother. He sat a little longer playing and painting with the dinosaurs. Success, and afternoon activity that kept them busy. Great for sensory exploration. Perfect for color recognition. Worked on fine motor skills. Great way to use their imagination and be able to express themselves.
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” ― Pablo Picasso
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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Laura Marschel
So fun! I especially like the quiet for 20 minutes part, ha. What a fun way to paint!
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So fun! I especially like the quiet for 20 minutes part, ha. What a fun way to paint!
The ice cube tray paint-holder is a brilliant idea! Love how the finished artwork turned out too.
Neat! We’ve painted with lots of things, but never dinosaurs, we’ll have to try it 🙂
What a great way to explore with paint!