No matter the time of year, I like to have indoor activities on hand!
Whether it’s raining outside…or just too hot (or cold) to venture outdoors, it helps if we have something to do inside that will keep little hands busy, and this Painting with Forks activity has been a winner in our house!
During the preschool music time/story time, the librarian will often include some time for crafts or activities to go along with the stories that she is reading. For this particular art project, she had gone ahead and prepared most of the scene.
She had painted a strip of grass, drawn stems and leaves for the flowers, and attached a sun to the upper right-hand corner of the paper.
The preschoolers job? To simply dab a fork in paint and then press it down atop the flower stems to create colorful flowers all across the page!
At home, you could do each of these steps with your child. Or if they’re old enough, provide them with the supplies and allow them to create on their own.
It didn’t take me long to fall in love with the idea of painting with forks, and we have since created more flowers and found loads of super cute ideas for how to create other fun paint projects using forks.