I was browsing pinterest and came across animal finger painting so Ellie and I thought we'd give it a try! And as Baker Ross sent us a four part paint pad to review this was the perfect project to test the print pad out! Of course, Ellie couldn't wait to get her hands on it! Quite literally, hehe.


The paint pad includes four colours - red, yellow, green and blue. Each paint section is approx 7.5cm x 7.5cm which is perfect for little hands and fingers. This is ideal for finger painting or even using with stampers! I am also pleased to say the paint is washable. I know this because Ellie decided to wipe her hands all down her jeans. Yes, it did indeed come out in the wash! Hoorah! The four part paint pad is aimed at 3 years +


Anyway, Ellie soon got stuck into this. Her first thoughts were "It's very bright and colourful" Once I'd opened it up she of course had to feel it "It feels so spongy and squidgy" she giggled.
Ellie chose some coloured card to print her animals on.
We used markers to draw on the animals features.. like Whiskers and tales, eyes and ears. Ellie was all "This is such good fun! The paint pad is so perfect for this". She spent ages and ages finger painting her animals.


She printed a bumble bee with her thumb and a turtle with her finger! "I like the spider best of all" she told me "Because he looks very happy and not scary like a real spider" Bless her. I honestly think Ellie could sit there all day printing animals, flowers and creating random art with the paint pad. She sat for a while re-doing her animals and making random patterns. It's such a good idea and so simple and easy to use.
I honestly recommend the four part paint pad. It's not at all messy (less messy than paints), no paint brush is needed and it is so worth £3.50. I also really like the fact that is really, truly is washable paint, too. We've kept the lid on ours so it doesn't dry out because I just know Ellie is going to get a lot of use out of this.

What's your favourite thing to paint? Or what's your little ones favourite arts & craft activity?

Sarah xXx

We were sent a sample of this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinion. I was not paid for this post. All photographs were taken by myself.

Ellie and I made Christmas pictures and Christmas cards today! Such fun.

We used some scrapbook card, that we had laying around from past projects. This worked so well as a nice sky background. Ellie wanted to make a Christmas tree picture, so that's exactly what we did. We used a cookie cutter and dipped that in green paint. That gave us a nice Christmas tree template. Then Ellie painted the inside green. And painted some snow on the ground. We waited for it to dry before decorating the trees, it didn't take long to dry.

Ellie's (aged 6) snow man card

It's not very often that I buy children's magazines for my kiddies to be honest. I think they're way over priced and the plastic toy usually last no longer than a day. However, there are occasions I do buy them, like when the kids are sick and in need of cheering up, or if we're going on a really long journey. I love that kids magazines have little word searches and puzzles that keep mine entertained for a few minutes. Along with some short stories. Sometimes the kids will ask if they can spend there pocket money on the latest magazine, especially if they come with a pack of the latest cards that are the new 'collectibles' or stickers. Oh my kiddies do love stickers! Of course, it's up to them what they spend it on... My grandparents sometimes buy them a magazine, too!
After a while though (and that's usually a very short while) they get bored with there magazine and toss them to one side. We end up with a small stack of magazines and no idea what to really do with them because the kids NEVER want me to throw them away "We'll look at them again one day" they always protest. Me, knowing full well that they won't. They like to hoard stuff (no idea where they get it from. Honest, lol!) They do like to 'recycle' them though, in a fun way. We cut out the pictures and make a bigger picture with them, adding in paints and glitter and any stickers we have left over: