In the spirit of Easter, I decided that the twins should, as an after nap activity, paint Easter eggs. They are quite well-versed as to what to do with paint and how it goes on objects but not in the mouth. Of course, there were moments of confusion where Jordan tried to eat her painted Easter egg but I suspect that had more to do with the adults reminding her NOT to eat the egg. And in typical toddler style, only heard the command "EAT".
As with all planned activities, they do what they are supposed to do for about ten minutes and then re-invent the activity. So, after they were done painting the eggs, they got to painting their hands and the hands of all of us around. I needed one hand paint free for fear that Packrat would not be amused that there were paint marks over his precious camera.
Then there was the great science/ art experiment where all the colours in the palette became a tie-dye mish-mash of colours. They figured out that they could change the colour in the palette segment by adding another colour into it so it was squishy fun for them. Of course, it also meant a larger mess and that hands needed to be washed.
Evan, however was not pleased that his very colourful hands got washed out and the water got taken away. I think more importantly was that the water got taken away because the basin of water was also turning a strange grey green blue shade that seemed to fascinate him.
His pout here is priceless. Obviously, Packrat says it's my pout but whatever it is, he displays his displeasure so clearly and for all to see.
The eventual eggs seemed strangely to imply a bright and a dour disposition in our twins. Baby J's all bright pink and red and Evan's dark army green and solemn. It may be a manifestation of what colours they are more inclined to or it may just have been that these were colours closest to them. We had to throw out the eggs after though because Jordan dropped them and the shell cracked, colouring the hard egg white into a myriad of inedible colours.
How to make Easter eggs?
What you need:
- Hard boiled eggs. VERY hard boiled preferably. If kids are older, the egg can be drained out of the egg shell but with my little Godzillas who don't know their stregnth, that would have shattered within seconds. Another suggestion was to use ping-pong balls so that they could play with it later and we didn't have to waste good food.
- An egg carton cut up. This way, there is somewhere to place the egg while painting and for it to dry.
- Paint ( I only have 3 primary colours but I mixed a palette of 6 colours for them to muck about with. Red, yellow, blue, orange, green and pink)
- Paint brushes- bigger ones are better especially for the younger kids whose motor control are not so refined yet.
- Newspaper for the floor and water to wash the hands, brushes and palette.
It can be as simple or as complicated as you want. I opted for what I thought the 21 month olds could handle. And this, they just about could.
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