Tuesday 15 May 2012

Leaf prints and foot prints

(Goblin is 31 months)
Granny used to be a primary school teacher and still tutors several children as well as doing Sunday school at her church. As a result she still has lots of craft supplies stashed around her house. While we were playing in the garden I saw the massive leaves on the rhubarb bush and thought they'd make some great leaf prints. 
So off I went rummaging in Granny's cupboards and came back with a plastic tray, yellow, green and blue paint and a roll of wallpaper lining. My plan was to get Goblin to pour the paint onto the tray and then I'd show him how to print the leaves and give him a go. But as usual Goblin had other ideas. 
He wanted to do foot print painting. It did make a great effect when he started because he ran the length of the roll. But he soon ran over the same bits so often that the foot prints were lost and it was just a big mush of green. 
I retreated to the other end of the paper to try out my leaf prints, leaving granny to field a painty boy who was slipping and sliding around in the paint tray and insisting on putting far too much paint down.
The rhubarb leaves looked great. I also found some Marsh Marigolds growing in Granny's pond, and these made very pretty and delicate prints. You can see them around the edge of the rhubarb leaf in the top picture above. And the green and blue leaf print is a type of geranium (apparently). This also made a great print.
When Goblin saw what I was doing he wanted to try too. He made a few good leaf prints but decided that squirting paint and running around with it on his feet was way more fun.

I'm sharing this on
Teach Me Tuesday at Preschool Powol Packetsabc buttonTuesday TotsThematic ThursdayWelcoming Spirit Kid's Crafts Linky Party Country Kids from Coombe Mill Family Farm Holidays Cornwall For the Kids Friday


15 comments:

  1. Squirting paint and running around in it is a lot of fun. :)

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  2. Oh what great fun! Paint, leaves, outside, and Granny - what could be better?

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  3. Chook is 32 months so I know what you're saying about doing their own thing! I did the long piece of paper and foot prints with my family daycare kids a few years back. Made great wrapping paper!

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    1. thats a good idea. I have so much of Goblin's art work, it would be good to put some to use.

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  4. Beautiful art project and beautiful garden!

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    1. Yeah my mums garden is amazing. It has so many gorgeous plants.

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  5. Hey, just letting you know that I am passing on the Liebster Blog Award to you!

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  6. Your mum's garden is so lovely!! And great painting!

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  7. This looks like a ton of fun--both the leaf prints and the foot prints! Thanks for sharing at Teach Me Tuesday!!

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  8. Nice one Goblin, can't always keep kids doing what you want. I love the freedom you give Goblin to experiment for himself. I think he will want to do that one again and who could blame him! Thank you for joining in with Country Kids, wow what a lot of linkys there are out there. Well done for finding them all!

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  9. what fun! look at little Goblin tromping down the paper! we need to do this sometime soon. what fun to have a gram who's ready and willing to get down and dirty! thanks so much for linking this up!

    p.s. your backyard looks like a fairy world. i love it.

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    1. I guess one of the reasons that I do these things with Goblin is because my mum did them with me, so she's still happy to play now that its her Grandson doing it. I do love her garden, it really does have so many hidden bits, it could be hiding fairies

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  10. Oh what fun!!! Thanks for sharing on Hey Mom, Look What I Did at Adventures In Mommy Land...hope to see you again soon!

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  11. How fun! I love the leaf prints. Thanks so much for sharing with Tuesday Tots. Pinned :)

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  12. So adorable - I love this! It's great that Granny has these materials on hand!

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