Whilst you have all been enjoying the heatwave, in Scotland we’ve been having quite a few rain showers and even some thunder and lightning.
However, I thought we would take advantage of the rain and create a rainy day painting that I had been waiting to try with O.
These are very simple to make, all you need is card and powder paint.
We didn’t have any powder paint so we smashed up some big watercolours we had. I think next time we would probably get powder paint as it would work better than these. There were too many big chunks for it to work as well as we wanted.
After we had crushed the paint, O sprinkled some onto the white card (best to crush it into dust, not like some of ours!).
We carefully carried it outside and watched the rain do it’s work from inside the patio windows.
It didn’t take long for the paint to run and mix.
After they dried they looked like this.
If it’s not raining you could try using the sprinkler for the same effect, it’s interesting to watch as the rain batters down and interesting to discuss colour mixing too.
Let me know if you try a rainy day painting!
Catherine Burgess says
Ooo, that looks like great fun especially as you watch it change in the rain #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
leandra says
i really want to try this, we did attempt last year but with poster paint which was a complete disaster 🙂
thanks for linking up with #toddlerapprovedtuesday x
Let kids be kids says
That’s a great way to experiment and explore colours and paint. My children would love to try this.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
Toni @ Gym Bunny Mummy says
this looks like so much fun! #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
claire says
This looks great fun. Thanks for sharing.
Sarah Doyle - let them be small says
this is such a good idea, might have to give it a go as we are now forecast a lot of rain!!
#toddlerapprovetuesday
Mudpie Fridays says
Love this idea 🙂 will invest in some powder paints or some we can bash next time we are out and about and will give this a go 😀 thank you #toddlerapprovedtuesdays
Sara | mumturnedmom says
Oh, I really like this idea! The weather is good with us at the moment, but we do get the odd rainstorm, and the sprinklers are always around for cooling off 🙂 #letkidsbekids
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops says
Great idea! I am going to try this – have pinned it so I can remember!
We get enough rain might as well make it work for us!
Caroline (Becoming a SAHM) says
this is a great idea! Love it, thanks for sharing! #letkidsbekids #toddlerapprovedtuesday
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you! 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
Hee hee, yes, the more rainy day activities the better huh! X
Jenny Eaves says
Well if you get a good rainstorm this will be a perfect activity. 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
Let me know how it works for you! 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
Perfect excuse to do it then! 😉 x
Jenny Eaves says
Thank you! 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
It was! Thank you! 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
It is lots of fun and great to watch! 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
Oh no! I think you can use food colouring too for a similar effect, great to watch splashing on the rain! 🙂 x
Jenny Eaves says
It’s fab to watch! 🙂 x