Decorative Painting

My little man loves to paint and since my husband, the talented woodworker that he is, had a few extra shelves that he didn't want, we decided to splash them with color.

Because we would be using acrylic paint I decided it would be best to do this outside. It was a lovely day anyway! I covered our miniature picnic table with an old plastic table cloth and taped it on underneath so it wouldnt blow away. I used an old egg carton to put puddles of paint in, an old black bowl filled with water to wash out the brushs and one of Dad's old t-shirts to protect clothes.

 The day before, they painted the board white. This was a good idea so our colors would show up really good. I had some makeup sponges to dabble on paint with and we found some wooden circles to use as stamps. But the brushes were the most fun of course!

The finished product! We waited a couple hours for one layer of paint to dry before we added a few more colors. The colors end up matching my kitchen wall so I think that's a perfect place to hang it up!