Momma school - painting with string

Okay, so this didn't go quite as planned. I saw this painting with string idea and I liked the art that resulted. But Holly didn't dig it. I think she was thinking, "we have paint brushes so why is Mom making me paint like this?" So our activity was a painting with strings (sort of) that progressed into finger painting and ended with a finale of old-fashioned paint brush painting. I gave Greta a squirt of paint on a piece of paper thinking she'd like to get in on the finger painting. No go. She tasted it first and then was upset it was all over her hands. She was much happier to have a paint brush. I want to redo this activity when Holly's older because it looks fun to me!