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Painting with teabags

Don't have paint at home? No worries - just use teabags!

Painting with teabags is a fun way to encourage your toddler to use their imagination. It's also a great way of reusing something almost everyone has available around the house.

Watch the video below to explore how you and your toddler can get creative with some paper and used teabags!

What are the benefits of painting with teabags?

  • Painting with teabags stimulates your child's senses.
  • Letting them take the lead helps your toddler to use their imagination.
  • Asking your child to describe their painting encourages them to use more words and longer sentences.
  • Encouraging your child will help them to gain confidence.
  • Using their hands to paint the images will boost their motor skills and coordination.
Little girl sat next to mum, painting with teabags.
You can also use the leaves inside the teabag for another texture to add to the painting.

Top tips for painting with teabags

Cold teabags make a great all-in-one paint and sponge. You can also use the leaves inside to make a unique painting.

While you're playing with the teabags, encourage your child to talk about what they are painting to help boost their imagination.

Rip the teabags apart and encourage your little one to describe how it feels.

Take turns to draw a picture on the paper and talk about it.

Praise their work as they go to encourage them.

Get involved and create some paintings too. Ask your little one to describe what they'd like you to create!

What you need for this activity:

  • Old, cold teabags
  • Paper

You could use different tea bags for different colours if you have them.

Make sure the tea bags are cold and supervise your child at all time to ensure they don't put the teabags near their mouth.

Little girl sat next to mum, painting with teabags.
You can also use the leaves inside the teabag for another texture to add to the painting.

Getting crafty with your toddler

You don鈥檛 need to be super artsy to get creative with your child and you shouldn't worry about creating beautiful artwork at the end of it all 鈥 just focus on bonding and encouraging your little one. And be ready to get messy.

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