Thanks, this is great! The visit was moved to next week, which gives me time to buy some stuff. I’m especially interested in the idea of paints that can be mushed somehow… I wonder what would happen if we mixed shaving cream with paint. And spaghetti, maybe. I also like the baking soda and vinegar “fizzy paint”. I bet she would love that. She’s a fan of spray bottles.
Finger painting is a surprisingly simple idea I didn’t think of. Maybe she could decorate my windows with some Christmas paintings. Also, I remembered that I loved a fake type of papier-mâché – mix water and bits of tissue paper, shape, paint. Very simple and gooey, but doesn’t create a horrible mess.
Thank you for the outside play ideas, too. It’s very cold around here right now, but she’ll be young enough for these activities in Spring.
I might let her do some modding. Just don’t complain afterwards. She doesn’t have perfect control of her fingers and she’s definitely a fan of quick solutions rather than due process.