Bath time is fun and by definition clean, so why not introduce a bit of washable mess and play with some multi-coloured bath crayons? offer one colour at a time and encourage your little artist by drawing something yourself, or asking them to draw you one of their favorite things.
Gwen had been playing with them for months when one day she drew a scribble and proclaimed it a duck. Sometimes she simply enjoys making marks and painting herself or her bath toys. it's a delight to watch.
This evening she drew a snake (dense squiggle that "hiss"ed) and a huge spiders web of wobbly circles("web!") in green. The spider appeared above it ("spy!") and received several kisses. She's 18 months and has just started labeling everything.
If you have some paper handy you can press it onto the wet image to keep a copy. you'll end up with a multicolored bath, especially if you only clean it once a week (but it's cleaned more often if we're in the garden a lot!). Sometimes the faded hues all run together and it can be beautiful.
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