Isia just turned three! As such, there's a growing interest in art that "looks like something." To help fulfill that wish, and build some fine-motor skills, we like to do some stenciling. During our last session I found some ways that make it less frustrating for her, and easier for me to help too- especially when we have friends to join in the fun.
This is how our stenciling began. We laid our stencils on top of the paper and painted them with brushes. But the stencils tended to move around on the girls, who struggled with holding them and painting them at the same time.
This worked much better. Now they could concentrate on just filling in the areas of the stencil, and their beautiful butterflies could come to life. We used these stencils that I found at our local art store...
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