Miniature Paintbrush

家家酒， 不如家家‘画’

When I was young, I had lots of furry/non-furry animals/soft toys to play around with. I would pretend to be their teacher and my little sister would make them (especially my own toy) as bratty as possible to make my life miserable (that's just the nature of my sister! *joking*) and hers to be like angels. Of course, I had chance to make it even. 😎 For no reason, I think we never had a class on arts. 

You know how most asian parents are. Loving yet protective - fear that their beloved children will make a mess out of themselves (well, actually it's the house that my parents would be more concerned of! 😂).

So, today I introduce to you something fun (it is to me!) where your child can pretend to be an artist and take it from there. 

Image 1. Ain't he a painter? 😍 (without his painting hat though). Yes, he's the legendary mole from Czech. Krteček is his name. There's an interesting story to how I own him which I might share in another post some day. Nope, he's definitely not here to steal the spotlight today!

  

Image 2. The view from my little Mole's angle. He's not that tall by the way, if you can't already tell. 😅

Image 3. Download your FREE template here. Note: Drawing stand and paper are NOT provided. You can utilize any recyclable materials like cardboard and just get creative!

Reasons not to not give this a try:

1. SIMPLE - Get your own felt. Cut off shapes from the templates and as soon as you know it, you have your own sets of painting tools!

2. DESIGN - Yes, you're the boss. You can decide your own colours of everything - paint or brush. 

3. LIGHT & SOFT - They are unlikely to post dangers to your little ones.

4. CLEAN - Your children do not have chance to make a mess of themselves and your house!

5. EDUCATIONAL - Colours! I would have wished that I own one many years ago. (Yes, my third concept! Something educational, but fun at the same time! - Refer to tic-tac-toe for my second concept)

6. PROUD - Be a proud parent. Show to your children that they have been given one of the best gifts in life - handmade!

7. PRACTICAL - train DIY-ers to work on something delicate; train your kids to hold a brush.

Feel free to share your experience in making one or let me know what's stopping you! Enjoy :)