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Do you have them paint on paper or directly on the table, or something else? (seems like a finished product with that would get smelly, 
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I do the same thing and work alone. Taping the paper to the table works like magic cause i can clean them all and whenever i have time just go back and rip them off the table. I sometime i just take it off and put it right on the wall to dry with the tape on it. Helps a lot!!I have mostly between 18m-3y.....I tape a paper plate for each child onto the table so it doesn't slide everywhere....and let them choose which colors they want a squirt of on their plates (usually 2-4 colors max)......and I tape their papers to the table, too - I find it minimizes their frustration of the paper sliding.............and I work alone so I cannot afford a big paint mess to clean up on my own. Have fun!
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You can do it however you'd like! Tape down butcher paper and give them paper plates with paint, OR throw down a tarp or plastic tablecloth on a hard surface - put a few piles of FPaint in the center and let em go for it -add a few "tools"(flyswatters are FUN!)to use if you'd like. Use it at the easel. Use it outside. Try using it to mix colors.
Just use your imagination and provide the children with the tools they need to create!Comment
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We fingerpaint with pudding, yogurt, whip cream, pumpkin pie filling, lots of great options! I have a dcg who is almost two and she still eats everything we use for art. I found her just today hiding behind a chair halfway through a crayon. It was either no art or find a way she could do it safely!Comment
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I saw this on Jon and Kate plus 8....really should have been just six because they never seem to focus on their twins.
Does anyone have paint brushes or other tools besides a fly swatter available for finger painting? Do you require smocks to be worn? I'm thinking about getting a bunch of 2T-4T white shirts and ty-dying them to use as smocks....do you think that will work?Comment
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sometimes i put the paint right on their table and let them have at it. if you want a "finished" product, press a piece of paper on the table when they are done and make a print!!!!
as far as utensils, we use all sorts of things. i have fingerpaint scrapers i bought from discount school supply that make cool designs, but we use all sorts of things from around the house. kitchen utensils, like potato mashers, ricers, wisks, whatever i pull out of the drawer!
balloons half blown up
hairbrushes and combs
toilet plungers (new of course!!!! from the $ store) are a favorite around hereComment
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In the warmer weather we take the paint outside. I use clips to put butcher paper up on the fence and away they go!Comment
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I usually put the paint directly on the table or in the paint tray, then when they are finished, I put the paper on top of the picture, smooth, then lift.Comment
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I also heard that vertical coloring is also good for their motor skills. I taped paper to my kitchen wall and had my kids color standing up at the wall. I also put a paper down low so my crawler could color too! I also did chalk like this too so it would come off easier.
They also say coloring sitting on the floor is good for them too. So i taped a butcher paper to the floor and had them color sitting on the floor! They loved it cause it was something different for them!Comment
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