NEW SUMMER PROJECT

FOOTPRINT MURAL

SUPPLIES:  WHITE BULLETIN BOARD PAPER OR OLD SHEET,
CAKE PANS WITH SIDES, ASSORTED COLORS OF WASHABLE PAINT, TUB, WATER, PAPER TOWELS

SET UP:  PLACE PAPER OR SHEET ON FLOOR, DRIVEWAY, OR GRASS.  POUR DIFFERENT COLORS OF WASHABLE PAINT IN CAKE PANS.  PLACE ONE CAKE PAN ON SHEET OR PAPER.  FILL THE TUB WITH WATER AND PLACE CLOSE TO PROJECT. 

CREATE:  HAVE THE CHILDREN TAKE OFF THEIR SHOES AND SOCKS.  AN ADULT WILL NEED TO DIRECT THIS ACTIVITY.  HOLDING THE CHILD'S HAND, PUT THE CHILD'S FEET IN THE PAN CONTAINING THE PAINT, AND LET HIM OR HER WALK ON THE MURAL.  HAVE EACH CHILD WALK IN DIFFERENT COLOR PAINT SO THEY KNOW THEIR OWN FOOTPRINTS!  THE CHILDREN WASH THEIR FEET IN THE TUB AND DRY OFF WITH THE PAPER TOWELS.  HANG THE MURAL IN A PROMINENT PLACE.