Messy play is so much fun. Babies are cute. Messy babies are even cuter. There is one problem though: cleanup. Babies are not big fans of cleanup. Boo likes her bath, but I am generally not up for multiple baths in a day. And Boo is prone to react to a non-bath cleanup as if I am trying to murder her. If your baby is like mine, you'll be glad to have some non-messy play ideas up your sleeve.
So, for lazy days, I recommend no mess ziploc bag painting.
Take a ziploc bag. Squirt/pour blobs of different coloured paint into the bag. Seal the bag. Then tape the bag onto a horizontal or vertical surface. I chose to tape it onto a sliding glass door and the effect of the light on the paint was an added bonus. Introduce your baby to the setup. Show your baby that they can move the paints around with their hands and mix the paints and their fingers remain clean!
Here is Boo with our ziploc bag setup.
No mess painting is easy but I will admit that it doesn't keep Boo occupied for nearly as long as actual painting. She has never kept at this for more than ten minutes at a time. On the other hand, I leave it up all day, or even a couple of days if it is warm, and she will visit it more than once.
So, for lazy days, I recommend no mess ziploc bag painting.
Take a ziploc bag. Squirt/pour blobs of different coloured paint into the bag. Seal the bag. Then tape the bag onto a horizontal or vertical surface. I chose to tape it onto a sliding glass door and the effect of the light on the paint was an added bonus. Introduce your baby to the setup. Show your baby that they can move the paints around with their hands and mix the paints and their fingers remain clean!
Here is Boo with our ziploc bag setup.
No mess painting is easy but I will admit that it doesn't keep Boo occupied for nearly as long as actual painting. She has never kept at this for more than ten minutes at a time. On the other hand, I leave it up all day, or even a couple of days if it is warm, and she will visit it more than once.
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