Creative Painting Boredom Buster (Great for a Rainy or Sick Day!)

It's that time of year... and we've all been sick with colds or the flu.  We're all stir crazy with some serious cabin fever.  So, in frantic attempts to calm the sibling battles we threw out the paints and a fun new challenge.  



I told the kids to rummage though the house to find 3 random objects each that could be used to create a masterpiece. 



My 3 rules for the objects: 

1. It had to be ok to throw away when we were done, or
2. Very easy to wash after, and
3. Mom had last say on veto rights (i.e. my daughter wanting to hold her little brother upside down and use hair as a paintbrush... Um no.  But 10 points for creativity!)

Other than that anything goes.  Here is a picture of some of the "tools" we found.

Some of the favorites ended up being the snake (of course), the pipe cleaner bent into a spiral, the toothbrush, and the hair clip. (and of course at the end the fingers were used in the end to really make some messy fun.

So if there are any others out there looking for a sanity saver with all of the bugs going around here is a fun distraction from the frustration of being quarantined from the rest of the world.

And a little challenge for you!  Try this activity and see what your kids come up with.  And when you do send us pics or comment below and tell us what fun "tools" they came up with! We'd love to hear!!