Painting Feet: Painted Socks

 
There’s something odd about the experience of putting paint on ourselves. I find it calming and relaxing. Eg, when painting my nails, I forget about the world for about 15 minutes. Likewise, face painting my kids keeps them still for 15 minutes. All we see and feel for those 15 minutes is the paint on our bodies.

 
One day, while Master N and M were at preschool, I decided to take out our face painting box to paint Master E. We were just about to have lunch so I didn’t want to paint his face. I saw his chubby little feet and couldn’t resist the idea of painting feet.

 
So, instead of face painting, we painted on some socks.

Materials

Face paint
Small makeup brushes & sponges
Towel
Wipes

Method

Lay down a towel to protect your floors.

Start painting socks, avoiding the soles of the feet.

Try different patterns. Just wipe off the paint and start again.

Master E admired his painted socks.

 He even had a go himself.

 
Painted Socks. Instead of face painting – try painting feet. It’s easy for toddlers to see and try themselves.

Another Keep It Short & Simple (KISS) play idea.

E: 1 year, 9 months

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Hanging Yoghurt Cup Waterfall by A Childhood List

Young Master Three (E) is going through a ‘devour-all-yoghurt-in-sight’ phase. This, coupled with all my three young masters’ love for water play makes this hanging yoghurt cup waterfall simply irresistible.

Home Made Toy Sock Blocks by Growing Play

My home should be named the Ministry of Missing Socks. This post speaks to me on so many levels.

Giant Puddle Paint Brush by Let’s Lasso the Moon

Puddles? Tick. Brush or broom? Tick. Enjoy your giant puddle paint brush.

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Craft: Sock Bunny

“Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.” Genesis 2:19

 
An important part of our family’s rest is going to church, where we meet with others to hear God’s word from the Bible.

 
One Sunday, our kids heard about how Adam named all the animals God had created. They made this adorable craft sock bunny and had the important task of naming it, just like Adam.

 
I thought the craft sock bunny was far too cute and incredibly simple to make. I just had to share.

 
Craft Materials:

• 1 sock
• rice
• 2 rubber bands
• ribbon
• markers

 
Method:

 
Fill up the sock with some rice and tie it off with a rubber band. This is the sock bunny’s body.

 
Fill up more of the sock with some rice to form its head, ensuring that the ankle part of the sock is where the bunny’s nose is.

 
Tie off the sock with the remaining rubber band.

 
Tie a piece of ribbon as a bow at the top of the bunny’s head.

 
Cut the top part of the sock down the middle to form ears.

 
Trim off the ears to the desired length.

 
Draw eyes, nose, mouth, etc with markers.

 
Name your sock bunny. (You can also stick some crepe paper or a pom pom on your bunny for a tail.)

N (3 y.o.) named his rabbit Bunny.

 September 2011

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