Week 8: Big Kid Wall Art

When my husband and I rented a house in Baltimore, we really wanted to put some art on the walls that we did ourselves, and we looked into buying canvases. Holy Toledo that stuff is expensive!

For a canvas that is only 2 by 4 feet it costs almost 40 bucks, and that's before you buy anything else, plus, we wanted something bigger.

So, my amazing husband found something better.
Hollow core doors from Home depot. He bought three for 20 bucks a piece. They are super light and easy to hang with a wire and a couple of nails.

They are awesome.
One we used to make our own giant chalkboard to hang on our wall,  and one I painted with Chompy when she was about 8 months old. It's hanging in our living room now above our couch. It looks sort of like an abstract map of the world.

So the other day when Chompy and Stinko were restless, and it was 114 degrees, we decided to break out the last board and give it a go.

Chompy painting when she was Stinko's age now. Home made finger paints.

So in the above picture, notice the chaos is contained. I actually had to coax Chompy onto the board and dip her hands in the paint. She ate some, she crawled through it a couple of times. She enjoyed it. Notice how clean the floor is.

I grossly underestimated the chaos that doing this with two children, one of whom is a human tornado.

It started out pretty well. I had the sense to roll up the carpet at least. I am using washable paints. Stinko is not interested in eating the paint, so that's a plus.

Stinko belly flopped into the paint immediately. Chompy is wearing her painting shirt. 

The painting shirt was useless.

I threw the kids directly into the bathtub, which I had to fill and empty twice.

The hand print on the chair is due to Chompy deciding she needed a paintbrush halfway through and climbing up on the table to get one. Luckily the paint is washable. I am, however, still finding paint to wash, and we painted two weeks ago. 

The art looks fabulous on the wall, though! When we get the other one hung it will look even better!

Simply beautiful! 8 foot by two foot wall art for 25 bucks! Win!