Hands and Feet Together
Multiply the fun when your baby paints with a friend.
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• newspaper or plastic garbage bags
• large sheet of butcher paper or posterboard
• washable paints in containers large enough to dip hands and feet in
Cover the floor with newspaper or tape down a cut-open garbage bag (this also works well as an outside activity). Set out butcher paper and paints. Invite the children to make a mural with prints of their hands and feet. Demonstrate by putting your own hands in the paint and making a handprint on the paper. Â Encourage little ones to take turns pressing their hands and feet on the paper. What kind of patterns can they make if they put their hands or feet together? Â When they’re finished, ask them if they can identify their own hand- and footprints on the mural.
Learning benefits:
• Promotes cooperation
• Builds large-motor skills
• Encourages creativity
