Chalk Paint

We are trying to fill these last few days of summer with fun activities. The hours from after nap/rest time until Judd gets home are LONG hours. They are hot hours. I saw a blog post about chalk paint the other day and gave it a whirl. I thought it could help fill those post nap/pre-dinner hours.

As soon as I said, "change into your bathing suit" - Charlotte was all about whatever activity it was I had planned.



We painted for a little while together while Max explored the back yard. (Well, really I painted a stroke, moved him away from something he wasn't supposed to do, painted another stroke, moved him away from something he wasn't supposed to do, painted another stroke - you get the idea.)



The chalk paint worked out pretty well. It was equal parts water and cornstarch. Then I added food coloring to make blue, purple, and pink. When you paint with it, there were parts that looked like they weren't painted, but then dried bright.

Eventually, Max got tired of trying to eat the ash from the Big Green Egg and thought he'd check out the paint.



Much to his sister's dismay, he thought he'd try to paint too.



But, like me, once he looked at her with this face, she gave in and let him have the brush.



That's OK, though, she had the last laugh. She got to run in the sprinklers while he was stuck inside with boring old mom.



One day you'll be out there too, little man, one day.