Painting with Acrylics

My kids want to paint a lot. We don’t have one of those easels with primary colors because I am not a fan of giving little ones red, green, and blue in plastic jars. I think they will not enjoy painting if it’s always going to look  like a mash up of red/green/blue on a roll of paper. This is probably just in my head. Also my kids don’t really “mix” colors yet, but even when they do it will be with proper red/green/blue and not poster paint. Wow, I am such a paint snob.

Anyway, when they ask to paint I usually offer up the easy watercolors. However, I always feel a bit lazy when I do this. So the other day when they asked to paint I brought in my trusty pre-mixed paints that I no longer use. They put on their smocks. Usually I just let them destroy their clothes but Lou saw smocks at Ikea and requested them, so I thought why not be clean for once.

I love seeing them concentrate on painting. I have got to find some better paint jars that the kids can open themselves. Right now these little food jars are a bit too hard for them. Maybe baby food jars.

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Painting with Real Paints

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