Someone recently shared a great idea on social media for using toilet rolls to do some shape printing. I was having a look thinking what a great idea it was, when Monkey appeared over my shoulder and was dead impressed. He was so excited at the prospect of having a go so how could I resist? As luck would have it we always have a pile of old toilet rolls available so the next Mummy & Monkey time we got cracking.
He started off wanting to recreate exactly what he had seen in the picture, blue and pink hearts and he absolutely loved it.
I experimented to see what other shapes I could get from a toilet roll, obviously circle, square and a sort of odd bow shape and again he enjoyed printing the shapes.
Then, imaginative little monkey that he is he decided that the bow shape looked a bit like monster eyes… and the heart a bit like a smily mouth, so together we created some monsters. Most of this came from him and I just made the odd suggestion here and there…the hair was mine though hehe.
As with any painting though it soon descended into chaos with mixing of all the paint,and Monkey making gorgeous comments like “I’m good at making brown” and “That looks like indigo.”
Then the inevitable “Let’s do hand painting!”
He had so much fun I can’t exactly mind. Lovehow happy he is squishing paint in his hands! I also love his imagination.”Look it’s a bird now with wings!” What a cutie.
I do love crafting and painting with him at this age as he is so imaginative and full of fun it’s just lovely.
Sounds like fun! I love painting and crafts with the boys. Haha “I’m good at making brown” all colours eventually make brown!
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I love doing arty stuff with my boys (though admittedly not so much of the messy painty stuff!) Kids are so creative it’s so lovely to see isn’t it? Looks like Monkey had a great time with this! #ftmob
I love Monkey saying that he’s “good at making brown” – I think they all are at that age, aren’t they?! Love the shape printing and those monsters and the final “bird with wings” look fab – looks like you had a wonderful time together. Thanks for sharing it with #ftmob 🙂
That’s a lovely idea and fun way to introduce shapes and making pictures from shapes.
He does look happy and proud. Love his creations.
Thanks for sharing with #LetKidsbeKids
What a simple but awesome idea! I’m definitely going to try this 😀 #letkidsbekids
Aww this is such a great idea and cheap too! Will be trying this out for sure! Thanks for sharing! Suz x beauisblue.com
Very nice idea, I never really thought of painting with loo rolls bar the heart shapes. It never occurred to me that I could makes squares or other shapes! Luke descends into making brown a lot too. 😉 Ray x #toddlerapprovedtuesday
great fun! and of course he just had to hand painting!! he he…#ToddlerApprovedTuesday
Oh this looks great. I might give it a try. 🙂