For Harvest Time Week Three our focus was on tractors/farm machines and the book Rusty, Trusty Tractor. To go along with this theme, our art project was Tracks in the Mud.
It was a beautiful day so we rolled out a large sheet of paper on the drive way, filled a baking pan with WASHABLE brown paint and then dipped a variety of items into the paint to make mud tracks on the page (you could easily do a scaled down version at the kitchen table but I do think it is important for big, messy art sometimes). This is one of those projects that is all about the PROCESS not the PRODUCT.
It was so much fun. By the end, the kids had gotten so into it… they were literally IN it and left their own tracks in the mud.
We had so much fun with this activity. We used large sheets of art paper and stamp pads (my sensory child can’t stand getting paint on hands). We had a great time looking at the different tire tracks. He got to spend a day out with Daddy at the local tractor and feed store and compare all the tractors in his book with the ones in the store. Super fun week. He used five different color stamp pads to make a “rainbow” road. I love the hands-on activities in Harvest Time.
Love that he had a chance to go see the real tractors. Again, it brings together that whole connection of where the food comes from that we eat. We have a couple wee ones that can’t stand getting anything on their hands. There are often trips to the bathroom mid meal. Fortunately, many children out grow it or at least learn to manage it. In the meantime, sounds like you create a good alternative to the “full body” track experience! ~Kimara~