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I had my
older kids provide the hands and feet for handprints and
footprints around the doors, window, and along the baseboard in
red, blue, yellow, and green. Then I spatter painted the
doors of the changing table (actually an old microwave cart) and
the fan blades to match the spatter print on the dresser we have.
I bought 4
cellulose sponges (fine texture, 99 cents) that would fit the
hands & feet. Then I put them in an old cardboard tray
(Mac & cheese from Costco) with the plastic wrappers from the
sponges in between. I used plastic spoons to spread paint
on the sponges and refilled as needed, usually about every three
prints or so. The kids just pressed on the sponge and
pressed on the wall, no drips! I did have a drop cloth on
the carpet, of course!
Note that we did footprints above the baseboard. It was
much harder because the furniture kept being in the way of their
big bodies (I'd move everything out next time) and because they
had to scoot around on knees or rear ends. I would hold the
tray with the paint sponges for them to put both feet into, then
hold them while we stamped together on the wall. At the
end, Dad came to take them to the tub to wash off and discovered
how much they had grown! Feet also tended to slip and smear
more, but it still looks good. I had to touch up a few
prints with a sponge when they were too light or where baby
brother touched a little too soon.
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I would recommend that you make sure you can reach all the places
you want to print before you put hands or feet in paint.
Some of the angles around the door in the corner were pretty
difficult with just a step stool, and I would have needed the
ladder if my kids had been any shorter.
For the spatter, I laid everything flat on newspaper and for
each color I used a plastic disposable cup with a small hole
poked in the bottom, then another whole cup to set it into to
prevent leaks. I had to thin the paint a little so it would
drip, and sort of fling the cup to get the streak marks. I
didn't have to wait for each color to dry, either, because they
didn't blend. I only needed to rinse out the cups for each
color and dry with a paper towel between colors (otherwise I got
splatters of water along with the paint.)
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