We had a very exciting art class this week becasue the kids made mail! The 3-yr olds spent 40 minutes using watercolors to paint cards and envelopes. They were so excited to put them in the mailbox that I had to blow-dry their paintings so that they could mail them out ASAP.
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This is the table set-up: a basket of cards and envelopes
I made the post office box from an old box and forgot to take how-to photos. But here is a good tutorial, and you can just use a cereal box.
The best part about this project was that I actually sent their art mail to their homes! Their moms said that it was soooo exciting for them to get the mail that they made, they were jumping for joy. What a proud feeling.
This is a great weekend art project to do with your little ones. It can be set up as a station so that it can be kept out for a long period of time. I love projects that the littles can set up and clean up all by themselves!
xo, Bar
This is such a gorgeous idea! My 3 year old is currently obsessed with mail so she would LOVE this. Thanks for a lovely idea.
my pleasure belinda! always love sharing a good idea 🙂 xo bar
I wished this had come my way back when my son was small, he would have LOVED it. Delightful post.
thank you romana! i wish you had known this, too….although never to old to make mail! xo bar
Barb, I Must know, Which Watercolor paint sets are you using HERE!? None of my sets could compare to their vibrance! Please share a link? , 😀 Thank you for all your help and so much inspiration!
ok, you just made me go back to see if I have a link and I do! does it not work for you? hmmm. i hate hearing that. but believe it or not, these are the really cheap crayola watercolors that you can get at CVS. they are actually great because they are soft instead of hard cakes so the little ones don’t need to swish the water around forever to get a rich color. here’s the link 🙂
http://www.amazon.com/Crayola-16-Ct-Washable-Watercolors/dp/B00281PWH0/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&keywords=watercolors&linkCode=ur2&qid=1402340403&sr=8-2&tag=arbabl-20
Thank you so super much Barb! Happy Spring!