Illuminating Art

One rainy day I was dying to set up some fun water play on our light panel because my son loves to mix and pour.  So.....I wrapped and wrapped it with plastic wrap for protection.  Afterwards, I thought to myself - 'there has to be a better way'.  I asked my husband to build a protective cover for my light panel - so I could illuminate my sons art, and we could do more fun and exciting things on it.  Here are some examples.  There is SOOOOOOO much to be gained from these activities - gross motor skills, fine motor skills, pre-writing skills, color recognition, shape recognition, etc etc etc.  All in all, its just REALLY REALLY fun!  - AK

This was that first day - notice the plastic wrap - LOL. Water play - we started with blue and yellow and he poured the blue into the yellow to make green

Painting with watercolors

shaving cream on light panel

shaving cream on light panel - 2yrs old

Finger painting on light panel with pilot outfit on - LOL

Finger painting on light panel

Markers on the light panel

 You can even make prints.  Here my son is pressing paper onto the paint.

 My son showing me his finished product.....only the print is facing him, not me.  LOL

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