ABOVE
- Use your light table lid as a canvas and experiment with finger painting on top of the light.
- Fill a flat glass dish such as a lasagna pan, with a small amount of water and place it on top of your light table. Then, drop one or two drops of food coloring into your water. Watch the colors mix or use your fingers to stir the water as the light from below illuminates your art.
Below
- Arrange various solid items underneath your light table lid to create interesting silhouettes.
- We like to use natural items such as tree branches and leaves, but anything with an intriguing shape works.
- We like to use natural items such as tree branches and leaves, but anything with an intriguing shape works.
- Close the lid, and use some tracing paper and pencils to trace the silhouettes
Why Play This Way?
These opportunities to use your light table for art allow your little one to focus on individual design elements. The creation of illuminated art and giving attention to silhouettes will hone the artistic eye and strengthen fine motor skills. All the while, your little one will delight in perspective changes that inspire wonder and awe. Just like chasing one’s shadow this play has so many possibilities for pretend play
