http://www.littleelephants.com/2006/09/painted-lamp-shade (re)capturing the fun and wonder of childhood Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:25:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.littleelephants.com/2006/09/painted-lamp-shade/comment-page-1#comment-1190 Veronique Christensen Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:48:06 +0000 http://littleelephants.com/2006/09/painted-lamp-shade#comment-1190 This one was not un-supervised since she was quite small at the time. I cover the table with newspaper, and the kids either paint shirtless or in something we don't care too much about. It's also a good way to get the kids into the bathtub to see what color they make in the water! Tempera paints are washable, so they don't worry me too much. You can also use an old button down shirt, worn backwards as a smock. This one was not un-supervised since she was quite small at the time. I cover the table with newspaper, and the kids either paint shirtless or in something we don’t care too much about. It’s also a good way to get the kids into the bathtub to see what color they make in the water! Tempera paints are washable, so they don’t worry me too much. You can also use an old button down shirt, worn backwards as a smock.

]]> http://www.littleelephants.com/2006/09/painted-lamp-shade/comment-page-1#comment-1183 marina Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:53:59 +0000 http://littleelephants.com/2006/09/painted-lamp-shade#comment-1183 I love the idea of quite craft time but I cringe when I think of letting my kids paint unsupervised. How do you control for the inevitable mess? And no matter how they promise to clean up, it's always me scraping paint splatters off various surfaces...Ideas? I love the idea of quite craft time but I cringe when I think of letting my kids paint unsupervised. How do you control for the inevitable mess? And no matter how they promise to clean up, it’s always me scraping paint splatters off various surfaces…Ideas?

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