Chalk faces

This is a great, hassle free, only slightly messy art activity for the summer. When we did it, it was my four year old who 'invented' it herself. After a recent water play session she came along to, she became hooked on playing with spray water bottles in the garden. She spent ages spraying plants, the paving slabs and whatever was around. She also asked for some cloths and cleaned the lid of the sandpit, without any intervention or suggestion from me. Brilliant. She did a pretty good job too! At some point she started to play with the chalk alongside the spray bottles, and realised that the chalk went nice and mushy if she ground it up and sprayed it with water. She created big, round, chalky puddles. These stayed where they were for quite a few days, as it didn't rain much and the chalk residue was quite thick. She then went back over them and drew and then squirted faces on them. I love how happy they look, and that she thought it up herself. 

This could be a good way to make some temporary street art too!