7 Days of Kids Crafting: Young Picasso

If they’re already whining “I’m bored” with summer vacation, we have quick fixes to keep them out of your hair: crafting family-style. So keep checking back all week for 7 Days of Crafting with Kids.

Think everything your kid makes is wall-worthy? Then let them loose on the Young Picasso Art Kit from Noodlehead and they really WILL be.

Packed with one huge canvas (16 by 20) and two smaller ones (each 5 by 7), plus the paints, brush and pallet they’ll need to get the job done, the coolest part of this is the end when they can hang their project on the walls like they’ve seen in the art galleries. Warning: the mega canvas puts their little coloring books to shame, you may never get them to stick to a little piece of paper again.

The paint is acrylic, so put on their worst clothes and set out newspaper where they’ll be painting.

Better yet – send them outside for fun in the sun, because acrylics are very hard to remove (trust me, experience talking here). On the other hand, this means your child’s masterpiece will stand the test of time.

And that’s what the wide open white canvas lets loose – a major masterpiece of kid conception. So let your young Picasso go – who knows, you might end up with the next Guernica hanging in your hallway.

Get the set for $21 from Psychobaby.

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