Cotton Bud Painting

Aishah will always be very excited everytime I announce that we're going to do some painting. I'm always on the lookout at the internet of any new items that can be used to paint other than the good ol' paint brushes.

So this time I decided to let the girls paint using cotton buds. As usual, I won't dictate what to draw - they're free to draw whatever they feel like. Here's the result:

A rainbow, 2 flowers, a sun and clouds :)

Flower Blow Painting

I saw this interesting art project on the internet and decided to give it a try. Since my mother's birthday was approaching (9th December last year), I decided to turn it into a birthday card for my mother, fondly called Tokbu by the girls.

First step was to put a few drops of green paint on a paper. Then Aishah simply blew the drops upwards, to make the flower stems. Make sure the paint is a bit watery, or else it won't move when blown!

To make the flowers, I took a bottle with a 5 point bottom, asked Aishah to dip it in paint, and stamp on the paper, on top of the stems that she just made. Then she dipped her thumb on another colour of the paint, and stamped it on the middle. Next she simply connected all the 5 points to the middle using a brush. And there you go! A flower is made :)

Well, the stamping using a bottle part to make the flower petals might not be needed as you can just simply draw it using a brush, but it really does help a four year old to make the flower petals evenly spaced out. Not to mention the fun added to it ;)

This was our end result. Since Aishah at the time hasn't really mastered writing yet, so I just wrote the words using a pencil and she traced them using a glitter glue pen and a gold coloured marker.

Tokbu was really happy when she received it! First birthday card from her cucu ;)

Free Painting

I sometimes just let Aishah paint freely. Without asking her to paint/draw any particular picture. Let her imagination dictate her. Then I let her tell me what is she painting.

Like in the above picture, Aishah said she was painting a washing machine!( I was like, what?? A washing machine?? Why a washing machine of all the things?? Must've been Ummi doing too much laundry until Aishah becomes fascinated with washing machines - ha! :P) Can you even see any resemblance of a washing machine in the painting? Well, art is really subjective I suppose :)

Painting is really a relaxing activity for Aishah. Hopefully by letting her do it often will let her creative side bloom and flourish in the years to come...