Fly swat painting for toddlers & preschoolers
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Toddlers and preschoolers will love this fly swat painting activity! Fly swat painting is a great outdoor messy play activity you can do at home with a cheap fly swat and homemade or shop-bought paints.It’s such a fun way to paint and will take your toddler’s or preschooler’s artwork to a whole new level!
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Fly swat painting is a great outdoor messy play activity you can do at home with a cheap fly swat and homemade paints or shop-bought paints.
It’s such a fun way to paint and will take your toddler’s or preschooler’s artwork to a whole new level!
It will also help to build their hand-eye coordination and use their whole bodies as they swat the paint onto the paper.
Have a go at this fun fly swat painting idea from our friends at Mud Mates.
Fly swat painting for toddlers & preschoolers
What you’ll need for the fly swatting activities
Fly swat painting instructions
1. Head outside and set up your paper on a table or the ground, or even hang it with tape to a fence or wall.
2. Squeeze the different coloured paints onto the dish or tray.
3. Get your toddler or preschooler to push a fly swat into the paint and then pretend they’re swatting at flies on the paper.
They'll have a great piece of art in no time!
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