Blogger / 21 December, 2024 / Nanny Anita

Painting with Rice

Painting with rice is an easy way to get younger children involved with some festive crafts without worrying about them eating the paint (or anything else) or making huge messes.  I did this with BB when he was a just over one to decorate some wooden Easter eggs.  I did try doing this with NC last week.  Full disclosure, it didn’t go to plan.  Normally she loves to shake things, it is her second favourite thing to do with an object after putting it in her mouth.  Last week however, she did have a cold and wasn’t really in the mood to do much.  Her response is more to do with bad planning on my part than her not liking the activity.

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To do your own painting with rice Christmas edition you will need:

• A zip lock bag
• Rice
• Paint
• Tape
• Wooden figures*

*I used wooden Christmas trees.  Please make sure if you are doing this with little ones that still put things in their mouth that this is big enough not to become a choking hazard.

You can either leave your object blank to begin with, or you can give it a base coat colour.  With one of my trees I painted it green first.

Put some rice into a zip lock bag, squirt in some paint and put your object in.

Shut the bag, and if doing it with little ones, tape the bag shut with some duck tape.

Let them shake the bag around for as long as they like.  The more they do it the more paint will transfer to the wooden object.

If you want to add a second colour, take the object out of the first zip lock bag and repeat the process with a second bag.

I love the way it creates a speckled effect on the wooden objects.  Our figures are currently part of my Christmas shelf display at my house, but as NC gets older these will become items for her to use in her play set ups.

If you enjoyed these painting with rice Christmas edition, be sure to check out 7 point star Christmas Pinata, and Christmas present sensory tray.

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