My Mum recently found a huge roll of plastic-backed paper she didn't want any more, so she donated it to us. I've had it sitting around for a while and couldn't work out what to do with it, and my kids have also grown out of building stuff out of the box of random interesting packaging and odds and ends, so today I decided to kill two birds with one stone and do some printing. First thing to do was to collect together a pile of interestingly shaped bits and pieces
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| Contains, but not limited to, sellotape middles, old socks, cotton reels, sponges and straws |
Then the roll of paper and some paper plates with different coloured paint on
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| I didn't have quite as much blue paint as i was expecting to come out of the pot |
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| Using a piece of fake grass we received as a free sample from a company who specialise in fake lawns |
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| My youngest insisted that we found an old toothbrush to use |
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| A car, made from cotton reel ends, a sponge and a toothbrush |
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| Some shredded paper from a food hamper |
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| Rolling the lid from a pot of baking soda |
All the bits we had used were put in an old shoebox for disposing of afterwards (and to, very nearly successfully, stop paint getting on the carpet)
The finished masterpiece was blu-tacked round the top of the playroom wall. I should probably have waited for the paint to dry enough not to get it on my arm / the wall / a cuddly toy while putting it up, but we didn't have anywhere big enough to leave it to dry first.
