You can start teaching your baby to paint beginning around 18 months old. Place your baby in the high chair with some watercolor paint, paper, a brush, and a cup of water. Never leave your baby unattended. Show your baby how to dip the brush in water and then rub it on the paint. You can explain what colors the baby is using and discuss the kind of lines the baby creating. This may soon become a favorite activity for your child. Babies that are given the opportunity to create, without interference from grownups, are capable of amazing things.
Be sure you show your baby how to clean the brush by dipping it in the water each time you change colors. There is so much to learn from this activity. Your child will learn what happens when they mix colors. They will learn what happens when they don't wet their brush. They will learn what happens when they don't clean their brush. They will learn what happens when they apply pressure to the brush as opposed to not putting pressure on the brush. These are valuable lessons and carry over into other areas of art as well.
2 year old Gabriella enjoying a little art time.
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