I Think they Call it Abstract Expressionism

After spending way too many hours on my newest hobby, some may call it an addiction to Pinterest, looking for fun ideas for first birthday parties I found something cool.  The idea was to set up artist easels for kids to finger paint at a birthday party so I decided to take that and change it into Ryter's first birthday masterpiece.

I ordered some non-toxic paint from Amazon because he eats everything and got a canvas from Hobby Lobby.  We took everything with us to Iowa, laid it out on the lawn, and let him have at it. Vain caught some pretty good pictures and the story of those photos makes it look like he was really into it.

It took a lot of coaxing to get him interested in the paint.

Ultimately he enjoyed eating the paint and running around with the paint box and a spoon instead.  

 

The clean-up required nakedness and a hose.  The naked part was fun, the hose wasn't!