Color selection
Finger paint: ReviewsPalchikovye dyes are non-toxic, made on the basis of food dyes and safe for children. Manufacturers consider that the baby can taste them. But when buying is not superfluous, check the certificates. You can cook and home paint. For 1 kg of flour, take 5 tbsp. l salt and 2 tbsp. l vegetable oil, mix and add water, bringing the mixture to the consistency of thick cream. The resulting mixture should be decomposed in jars (ideal for baby food), adding dye to each one - for example, from the Easter set. You can use natural dyes - vegetable juice, turmeric, blue clay, berry juice, broth of onion peel or fir branches. The main thing - to make the primary colors: red, yellow and blue. Mixing them, you can get additional shades. The combination of blue and yellow gives green, and red and green - brown. Home paints can be used several times, but they should be stored with the lid closed.
Workplace
Finger paints for kids help developFine motor skillsPrepare a place where you will draw with your child: cover the floor with oilcloth, put a sheet of paper or a piece of wallpaper on the table on which your baby will express himself. Whatman paper is perfect, because a regular A4 sheet may be too small for a child's imagination. If the paint jars are narrow and inconvenient, then it is better to put some of the paint on saucers, for example, from a doll's service. You can draw not only at the table, but also on the floor or even in the bathroom. A baby under one year old will be comfortable drawing while sitting on your hands. First, the mother herself dips her finger in paint and draws lines on the paper, telling the child what she is doing and how interesting it is. Then she helps the little one leave marks on the sheet himself. It is also useful to know: