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Self-expression
Outdoor Art
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Here are a few ideas for messy art projects outdoors:
• Show your child how to finger paint with non-toxic, washable paint. Try
painting on an outdoor washable table, a cookie sheet, or a high chair tray.
• Offer your child some colorful fat chalk to scribble on the sidewalk.
• Offer him a large paint brush and a bucket of water to paint the sidewalk, a
fence, wall, or furniture.
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Put some wet sand or potting soil in a dishpan or tub and show him how to
scribble in the sand. (Watch to see that those messy fingers do not find their
way into his mouth or eyes.)
Simply Scribbles
Do this activity at a table with a washable surface or on a high chair tray.
Put a small amount of non-toxic, washable finger paint directly on the table
or tray.
Tape a large piece of plastic wrap over the paint. You want the plastic wrap to be
stretched tightly and taped to the table.
Show your child how to move her fingers on the plastic wrap to make paint
scribbles underneath.
Help her “erase” the scribbles by rubbing her whole hand over the painted area.
Then she can start again!
This activity should be especially appealing to a child who does not like to put
her fingers in paint!