I was looking at pictures of houses for sale the other day and came across a cute idea that was…poorly executed. A child’s bedroom had her handprints on the walls. Except they were red and the paint was a little drippy. I’ll leave my first thought to your imagination. I’m pretty sure that house is going to be on the market til someone gets in there with a roller and some nice primer. Anyway, I imagined this idea done with non toxic pink, blue, yellow, or other gentler paint colors and I realized it would be a lot of fun.
One great way to use handprints on the wall would be to make a foot high strip of white down the center of the wall. Then, let your children create their own “wallpaper border” around the room with their handprints. You could also try framing a section of the wall to make a “canvas” for the kids to add a rainbow of handprints to.
If you want to create a keepsake and make a colorful mural at the same time, try buying a large blank canvas and hanging it on the wall. Then, you can help your children add their handprints to it each year to create a hand growth chart.
Do you let your kids get creative with their walls?
Photo: SXC
Post from: Blisstree