My little girl loves to fingerpaint. And while I love that she loves to paint, I don’t love the inevitable mess of fingerpainting. To help with this problem, we’ve started making sponge pallets for her painting sessions, which cuts down on the mess and the drying time! Less globs = faster drying.

Things you’ll need:
Plain kitchen sponge
Scissors
Tempera paint or finger paint
Coffee can lid
Hot glue gun and glue sticks (optional)

Things to do:
1. Cut the sponge into 1-inch by 1-inch squares.


2. Using a dot of glue, secure the squares of sponge to the underside of the lid. This helps keep the sponge in place while your little one paints (less chance of it dropping on the floor!)
3. Drop a generous amount of paint onto the sponger and massage it slightly so that the paint soaks into the sponge material.

4. Allow your little one to depress the sponge square with their fingers and paint away!