Artist at work

I got Nicholas a new form of paints. They are called Paintastics and they are made by Elmers. They are like markers in that each color of paint has it's own brush. The paint is inside the brush and you have to squeeze the sides to squirt a little drop of paint on the brush handle. It is a neat concept but you have to squeeze rather hard, especially for a three year old with little hands. Nicholas eventually got the hang of it but we decided to try some other ways to use the paints. We squirted some paint on the paper and then Nicholas used straws to blow the paint in different directions on the paper. It made for some neat designs.


We also spent time practicing cutting with scissors. Nicholas loves to use my scrapbooking scissors because they make patterns on the paper edges as they cut - such as zig zags, scallops, etc.