Friday, July 10, 2015

Block Play for Kids who love Art

Every time I read about kids obsessing over Legos I wonder what the fascination is about. Am I the only person who finds em utterly boring? My kid seems to share that view. I think. We have blocks and Legos that were gifted to us, but he has never really spent more than a few minutes at a time building anything. Instead of saying he isn't interested, it'll be more appropriate to say he isn't interested *yet*. 

Anyways, we are moving countries, i.e. we need to get rid of most of the stuff we own. So without any hesitance I pulled out his wooden blocks and asked him to paint em because I remembered a similar project by Meri Cherry! (I couldn't find the exact permalink, but click here for her blog- a treat for your eyes!) They are not going to be used again anyways. Why not use em for an afternoon filled with creative activity.


Another thing I tried, to get him interested in block play is bring out Painted Jenga Blocks that were originally used as Montessori color tablets (There are 9 colors that have 7 shades each, i.e. 63 blocks - all of a different shade), his Little Genius Graded Square Tower (*affiliate) (that was to be arranged from biggest to smallest., so every square was of a different size and color too!) and some triangular blocks from paper I'd made, an idea straight from Babble Dabble Do


These did the trick! maybe its the overall colorful-ness but he did get interested in building! 

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art





He first created a tall tower, and glued every block as he went along. Once the tower was tall enough, he allowed the glue to dry a little and then he painted the structure. 

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art

Kinna looks pretty with the background doesn't it? Those are windows of our Art Studio. I'd painted em bit and a few days later I saw that he added a bit of his touch too! If you're interested in knowing how we set up our Art Studio with almost *no* budget, click here!

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art

& here is is block play with painted Jenga blocks, graded square tower, paper triangles (& craft sticks!):

Block Play for Kids who love Art

Block Play for Kids who love Art

Block Play for Kids who love Art

Block Play for Kids who love Art

Block Play for Kids who love Art

The Practical Mom: Block Play for Kids who love Art



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13 comments:

  1. Cool ideas! My girls do play with their blocks, so I'd probably grab a secondhand set at a thrift store or something. They'd have fun with this, though. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. My nieces and nephew would love this art project. I'd have to cover everything in old sheets or I'd end up with paint everywhere, but I could see them having so much fun with this. Will pin for later!

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  3. how fun! love the window treatment. We had a hard time getting Bob to play with blocks, this would have been a fab way to get him interested! Love his excitement too :) Thanks for sharing with us at Snickerdoodle!

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  4. So much fun! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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