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2016
Art time with Ayden: Sponge Painting
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Just the other day I shared the benefits of stamping for toddlers. In case you missed it, you may read all about it here. Today, we explore further on stamping with a new paint tool – sponge.
Ayden loves Koi fish so I thought let’s make today’s art activity more interesting by letting him paint his very own koi fish. I did this same art activity with big brother Ethan back in 2012 when he was 5. It is now Ayden’s turn to paint a koi fish 
I drew a template for him.
Koi Fish Template
And helped him cut two templates ‘Ying and Yang’ style and numbered them 1 and 2.
Ayden did the rest from here. Watch this video of Ayden sponge painting a koi fish:
It is a pretty simple art activity but the end result is unbelievably beautiful.
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Wow!! Very nice.
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Merryn Reply:
November 1st, 2016 at 4:09 pm
And very simple too. Try this with Jamie. He’ll love it for sure :)
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This is really a beautiful Art using innovative ideas! Thanks for sharing this.
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Merryn Reply:
November 1st, 2016 at 4:10 pm
You are welcome. I hope to inspire more parents to do art and craft with their little one.
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I’m so surprised! Very nice piece of art.
Almost couldn’t believe it was done by a kid haha
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Merryn Reply:
November 1st, 2016 at 4:11 pm
But once you found out how simple it is to do this… hahahaha. Close eyes oso can do :D
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He did that? Wowwwwwwwww!!!! Step aside Picasso!!!
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suituapui Reply:
November 1st, 2016 at 4:46 am
He looks so cute wearing that cap the other way round. :)
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Merryn Reply:
November 1st, 2016 at 4:12 pm
I just cut his hair too short so had to give him the cap. Thank goodness you thought he is cute instead :D
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Ayden does craft so well. He can align template 2 to the shape of the koi fish from template 1. Fun activity and the result is nice too.
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Merryn Reply:
November 1st, 2016 at 4:13 pm
Yes, I guess regular practice does help hence he is able to do this. It is actually very simple but if a kid is unable to align the template, the parent can always give a helping hand :)
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