A St. Patrick's Day inspired craft I've seen numerous times in the past is stamping shamrocks using a green pepper. I confess, the thrifty side of me hated wasting using an entire pepper for this so I cut off about 1/3 and then stashed the rest back in the fridge for dinner.
The initial reaction when I handed Dylan the project supplies was confusion. I can't blame him. Why in the world would mama hand him paint and a vegetable? So, I showed him how to dip the pepper into the paint and stamp a shamrock shape.
He followed my lead, took the pepper and made a stamp all by himself.
Then came the "oops" moment. What I neglected to realize until we were in the midst of the process is that a short stubby slick section of green pepper + paint getting on fingers = slimy and hard for Dylan to pick up (me too for that matter). So after one awesome stamp by each of us followed by a second attempt by Dylan that resulted in a big paint blob over my stamped shamrock, we moved on to finger painting. Got to roll with the art flow here. Next time, I'll let him have the whole pepper. :)
I'm gonna have to do this with my son. TFS!
ReplyDeleteHA! That's pretty funny about the slimy part. I wouldn't have thought of that. Looks like so much fun, though!
ReplyDeleteSo clever! I'm totally going to try this with Lily. She'll love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is such an awesome project to do with my son. He's going to love it, I can't wait.
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What a cute idea! I would be thrilled if you would share this at my "Get Your Blarney On" link party. It's all about celebrating St. Patrick's Day! http://bit.ly/1luIm3M
ReplyDeleteHope to see you there!
This is such a good idea! I would of never thought to use a pepper! Thanks for linking up to #throwbackthursdaylinkup!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a good idea! I would of never thought to use a pepper! Thanks for linking up to #throwbackthursdaylinkup!
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