{"id":1004,"date":"2014-07-30T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/index.php\/2014\/07\/30\/baa-baa-sponge-sheep-2\/"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:30","slug":"baa-baa-sponge-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/baa-baa-sponge-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Baa Baa Sponge Painting Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fun sponge painting for kids activity to enjoy doing as part of a Farm Unit or after singing the popular children’s nursery rhyme, Baa Baa Black Sheep.<\/p>\n

\"sheep<\/a><\/p>\n

My 2 year old daughter is really enjoying playing with her farm animal set this week.\u00a0\u00a0She\u2019s great at making all of the animal sounds now, even if she still gets them a bit mixed up sometimes. Her favourite animal is her \u201cBaa Baa\u00a0Sheep,\u201d so we decided to make sheep one of our\u00a0art projects\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n

Baa Baa Sheep Sponge Painting for Kids<\/h2>\n

I had bought some cheap\u00a0kitchen scourers \u00a0<\/a>recently and I thought that these would be perfect to create the woolly texture of the sheep\u2019s coat and would provide an interesting twist on a \u201cSponge Painting\u201d activity for kids. I also had some standard\u00a0washing up sponges\u00a0to hand as well, so I cut circles and rectangles out of these to use to paint the head and legs. I squeezed out\u00a0black and white paint\u00a0onto\u00a0paper plates, so they could easily dip their sponges and scourers into it.<\/p>\n

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\"Baa<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We all sat down together for this activity. I gave my 6 year old a blank sheet of\u00a0paper, as he was happy painting his sheep by himself. My 4 year old asked for me to draw a \u201cSheep shape\u201d onto his piece of paper to help him with his painting. He does lack a bit of confidence in his free drawing, but he is only still very young, so I m happy to help him out when he asks me\u00a0too. I gave my 2 year old a blank sheet of paper to let her create her own picture and if it turned out looking a bit like a sheep then that would have been an added bonus. It\u2019s great to see what she comes up with.\u00a0\u00a0You never quite know what you are going to get, except that it will probably include a hand print of some kind.<\/p>\n

The boys happily worked away at their pictures, whist I supervised my toddler daughter.\u00a0\u00a0My 6 year old is very good at following instructions, so he created a classic sheep. Whereas my 4 year old, who has a great imagination, had to add in a few of his extra special touches, a few extra legs in this case and some rain. Now my daughter had great time \u201cexploring the materials\u201d mainly by painting herself leading to a lovely handprint version of a sheep for her picture. She really enjoyed herself though which is the main thing. Happily I managed to steer her towards the bathroom and away from the walls just in time! Once dry we finished off our sheep with some\u00a0googly eyes\u00a0and a little smile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"baa<\/a><\/div>\n

\u00a0You might also like:<\/h3>\n

Tape Resist Sponge Painting<\/a><\/h3>\n

Dr Seuss inspired What Pet should I get? Craft<\/a><\/h3>\n

Bubble Wrap Goldfish Craft<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"farm<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fun sponge painting for kids activity to enjoy doing as part of a Farm Unit or after singing the popular children’s nursery rhyme, Baa Baa Black Sheep. 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