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[WARNING: THIS IS MESSY, BUT OH SO MUCH FUN!]
What you'll need:
Yogurt
Food Coloring
Plastic Mat [shower curtain, splat mat, etc.]
An extra set of hands to take photos [and the help is nice, but optional!]
Bath towels ready for bath time afterwards
This is as easy as it sounds. Buy some plain yogurt. Separate the yogurt into as many containers as you would like colors [we did 3: blue, yellow and red]. Then add the food coloring to each container [it depends on how much yogurt you use, I did about 4-5 drops per color].
[HINT: Leave the yogurt out for 5-10 mins. to warm up a bit before letting baby play with it so it's not too cold to the touch.]
Lay out your plastic mat [kitchen is a great area to do this, if it's summer, outside is even better for cleaning.] Dump out all colors on mat without mixing [that's the fun part for baby!] Strip your babe down to their diaper, place them on the mat & let them paint away! The best part? If they eat the "paint", it's ok!
[HINT: If you do this in the winter, crank the heat in the house about a half hour beforehand so that your baby won't be too cold in their diaper.]
This is perfect for babies that can sit, but aren't crawling yet because you will have a contained mess. E is on the move these days so by the end of our painting adventure he was covered in yogurt as well as myself. He kept trying to crawl off the mat and was sliding all over the place, it was pretty darn cute. Afterwards it was straight into the tub for the both of us!
1 comments:
Awesome, for consideration...add cheerios for added texture play. Only if your baby or child is up to eating solids. Or you can add Gold fish, Gerber puff treats..ie.banana puffs and apple puffs. Texture play is always fun to add into anything slimy for kids and babies. Teaches control over fine motor skills in all the gooeyness.
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