{"id":3607,"date":"2010-05-25T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2010-05-25T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T19:46:13","slug":"dotty-for-dots-stamping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3607","title":{"rendered":"Dotty-for-Dots Stamping"},"content":{"rendered":"

True pointillism may be a little more refined than this. But with a giant make-it-yourself stamp pad and an array of circular printables, your little one can turn plain paper into a delirium of dots. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Large sponge <\/span><\/p>\n

Washable, nontoxic tempera paint <\/span><\/p>\n

Paper <\/span><\/p>\n

Masking tape <\/span><\/p>\n

Circle makers, such as Bubble Wrap, cotton balls, Q-tips, potatoes cut in half, round scrub brushes, and jar lids <\/span><\/p>\n

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Before you begin: Cover work surface, keep wipes handy, and wear a smock or old clothe.s\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Begin by placing a large damp sponge on a cookie sheet. Squirt a few blobs of tempera paint onto the sponge, then either fold the sponge together to get the paint absorbed or roll it lightly with a rolling pin. Now you have a large nontoxic stamp pad that’s great for all kinds of stamping.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Offer your child lots of items that print circle shapes (see What You Need for ideas). Tape a large piece of paper to the table. Then show your child how to press the stamp into the ink pad and then onto the paper, lifting straight up to make a clean print. But don’t worry about holding her to this method — after all, if your child drags Bubble Wrap across the page, who cares?\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Keep the fun going! This is a great time to talk about circles (and other shapes) with your child. You can also go on a scavenger hunt around the house for round things. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

True pointillism may be a little more refined than this. But with a giant make-it-yourself stamp pad and an array of circular printables, your little one can turn plain paper into a delirium of dots. \u00c2\u00a0 Large sponge Washable, nontoxic tempera paint Paper Masking tape Circle makers, such as Bubble Wrap, cotton balls, Q-tips, potatoes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,15,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3608,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions\/3608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}