Art!

After getting some great advice from the Playschool6 Yahoo! group, I finally ordered some much needed art supplies. I ordered everything from Discount School Supply. I read a few blogs that focus on doing art with their homeschooling kids and this was one of the good places they recommended. I also found a list called Jean's Top 10 Art Materials for Toddlers and thought that would be a great place to start. Here's what I ordered:

• COLORED REGULAR WIGGLY EYES-PACK OF 100
• TEACHER'S COMFORT GRIP SCISSORS
• COLORATIONS WASHABLE FINGERPAINT - blue, green, red, yellow, white, black
• SIMPLY WASHABLE TEMPERA 16OZ - blue, green, red, yellow, white, black
• GRIP SCISSORS BLUNT
• CRAYOLA 8 WASH BOLD MARKERS
• COLORATIONS 8 LARGE CRAYONS
• COLORATIONS WASHABLE SCHOOL GLUE 1.25OZ
• COLORATIONS WASHABLE SCHOOL GLUE - 4OZ
• POM-POMS - SET OF 300
• PLASTIC JUMBO CHUBBY BRUSHES -SET OF 12
• FELT COLORED FELT 9" X 12" - 50 SHEETS
• STUMPY SPONGE STAMPERS-SET OF 12
• CRAFT STICKS - 1000 PCS
• MY FIRST SCISSORS BY FISKARS

I also ordered a Baby Bjorn smock from Amazon, and I'm having someone pick up an easel from Ikea for $15.

Link was SOOO super excited about all of his art supplies, we ended up doing everything the first day after we got the package.  I got mostly great videos, I'll have to link them up once I get them formatted, but here are some pictures.

Oh, the excitement!

Left hand...

Right hand...

Oh, no.. its on his fingers

see? you wash my hands now?

I said, show me your googly eyes! 

He used the tempera paints, finger pains and then glued all sorts of things to his paper and colored with his crayons and markers.  Watching him with the finger paints was neat.  Link is very peculiar about getting things on his hands.  I like how he experimented with how it felt on his fingers and how it spread on the paper.

I'm so glad I finally exposed Link to these activities.  He asks for it about every day!  I love how he loves it!