Big Painting With … Trains

Tomorrow we are off to Thomas Land

William asks weekly

‘When are we going to Thomas Land again?’

And finally

It is tomorrow

In their holiday pyjamas

The children will be bundled into the car

And with the rising of the sun

We will hit the road

In honour of our field trip

I thought I would share with you

The first in a series of posts

Called ‘Big Painting With …’

And yes

You have guessed it

We have been big painting

With trains!

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I got a long role of thick paper

Lining paper for walls is perfect

I laid it out on the back patio

Squirted some brightly coloured spots of poster paint

Set up the mega ramp

And let Esther and William loose with a range of toy trains

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They absolutely loved it

They played for ages

Sometimes together

And sometimes apart

together

Painting big

With trains

Squeezing paint from the bottles

I wrote the word Trains

For the trains to ride through

Leaving tracks

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It would be great to make a range of transport canvases

Painting with trains, cars, bikes, boats

I think it would make an amazing classroom display

Big painting like this

Is great for working muscles

Developing coordination

And refining gross motor skills

William especially was using his whole body

Moving up and down the paper

Racing trains

His whole self was covered in paint

It was wonderful to see

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This creative, physical play

Is a perfect summer pass time

As you can jump into the paddling pool

To wash off all the paint

We had a wonderful time

Big painting with …

Trains!

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2 thoughts on “Big Painting With … Trains

  1. Wow, is it really bad of me that only sees the mess. Haha I must let go and do this with my two over the summer, I always used not having a garden as an excuse but don’t have that excuse any more 😉 x

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