I've been noticing that Link has been understanding cause and effect with his toys. Now that he's becoming more interactive I thought I'd get his creative juices flowing and what better way than with finger paint. I found a great recipe online (edible) and mixed up a few colours for him to try. Luckily for me he isn't crawling yet so I rolled out some Kraft paper and new the mess would be somewhat contained.
I pretty much just set everything out for him and let him go at it. The first thing he did was dip his brush in and took a big mouthful. Fair enough, it does look a lot like yogurt.
He didn't really paint on the pages so much as just squish and smear it around but he was busy for almost an hour and I think he had fun. We did need to head straight for the tub after, I recommend having an old towel handy so you can just wrap 'em up without getting yourself covered too. I didn't add too much food colouring so the paints weren't very vivid on the paper but I'm glad because his face was still a bit blue for the rest of the day. Once he's better at keeping it on his hands and paper I will brighten them up.
