We made valentines for the grandparents this year. I cut out some paper hearts and let my son go crazy with paint and glitter. We put paint on the hearts and then folded them closed to see what happened. "Let's see what happens" turned out to be the theme of this project: my son kept adding to his creations long after I would have considered them done. He poured on glitter and then folded the hearts again. He poked the paint with his fingers. He smeared the paint with a paintbrush. He was really engaged and focused for quite a long time. I liked watching his creative process.
Part of which involved painting his own hand:
It cracked us up.
Hand: finished product.
At one point, he inadvertently laid a paper towel on top of his watercolor paints, which caused the colors to bleed through and make this awesome rainbow. So we painted paper towels for a while, too.
Valentines: finished product.
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