High Rising Homeschool: Painter's Tape Letters

At dinner my daughter announced, out of no where, that she wanted to "play school," right now. Ok, momma time to pull something out of the back pocket and luckily, I had something quick we could do. This idea came from Pinterest, but I didn't pin it so I'm not sure of the original source. The original idea was using painters tape to paint an Easter egg but I changed it up a bit and did letters. Here's what we did:

What you need:

Painters tape

Paint

Paint brushes

Paper (good idea to have the paper to paint on - cardstock is nice and sturdy for paint, another larger sheet to put under to keep your surface tidy - we used easel paper)

Choosing your letter:

I chose the letters of each of my children's first names. If you're doing a letter of the week you could choose that and work this activity into your weekly lesson. Using painters tape I simply created the letter on a sheet of cardstock. Before applying the tape to the paper I put it on my pants and pulled it off a couple of times so it wouldn't be so sticky. You want it to peel off somewhat easily and not rip your paper.

Painting:

The only direction I gave my daughter was to paint close to the tape or even over the tape. She chose her colors and had a great time doing it. When I pulled the tape away to reveal her letter she was so excited. I would have liked for her to have left it just white but she wanted to paint over it. It's important to remember that there is no right way for kids to be creative (a lesson I struggle with a lot) so I just let her do her own thing and she was so proud of the result!