Any old sheets in the cupboard?

What better way of going large when children need a canvas to paint.......look in the cupboards and see if you have any old sheets and set up the canvas in the garden.  Use small items in the corners of the sheet as weights to hold the sheet down.

You could also give the children cheap water spray bottles with watered down poster paints as well as a range of mark making items including paint brushes, washing up brushes, sticks, mini rollers, and anything else you can find that will be appropriate to use.

Pop on over to the artful parent to find out more as well as lots of other ideas http://artfulparent.com/2010/06/splatter-painting.html