Art : Ribbon Painting

Ribbon Throw Painting, that is.

Henry, what three colors would you like to paint with?

Blue, Green and White.

I was shocked he named three colors. I didn't have to correct him to only choose three, or coerce him into saying another color. He simply just rattled off three colors.

Add some ribbon [or cords, or tinsel, whatever you got on hand] and dip into the paint.

I taped four scrapbook papers together in a large square on some cardboard outside.

Henry dipped the ribbons in paint and ran them across the paper.

Surprisingly, this didn't really interest Henry...

Until he stood up to refill his ribbon with more paint.

He began throwing the ribbons onto the papers! 

Seeing how they splatted onto the paper and what kind of design they left suddenly became interesting to Henry.

Then dragging the ribbon off to do it again, left yet another streak of paint.

Beautifully created art and a fun activity in one! 

Henry chose to display the blue paper in the frame. 

Why the blue paper? Because there's an H - for Henry!

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-- Henry is 3 years old --

-- George is 7 months old --

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