WATCH: Let them draw on walls! 3 easy play stations with contact paper
Masking tape
String
You don’t have to stick the contact paper up on your walls – sliding doors work too and they’ll get excited by the fact that they can see through their canvas.
For these particular activities, having the sticky side of the contact paper facing outwards worked. But there are other activities, for example, those that can have them drawing with a whiteboard marker that they can erase, which works best on the reverse side. So decide your activities before creating your stations. We wouldn’t suggest sticking the sticky side of the contact paper directly on your painted walls though.
All you need is contact paper, masking tape, and a whole lot of imagination for these easy play stations.
Tools:
- Contact paper
For the activities
1. Outline the shapes
- Cardboard cut-outs
2. Learn your ABCs & 123s
- Lightweight plastic or wooden blocks and shapes of ABCs/123s
3. Create your own artwork
- Bits and bobs
Tips and tricks:
- You can use any tape to stick your contact paper sheet against the wall. We used masking tape, because it’s quite sticky but doesn’t leave any marks.
How do you keep the kids occupied at home? Any creative ideas you’ve come up with that you’d like to share with us? Tell us by emailing chatback@parent24.com and we may publish them on the site. Don’t forget to send pictures too!
