just a quickie, do you reckon elijah is too young to do a bit of hand/finger painting? any idea where i can get paint that won't poison him when he inevitably eats it? or should i hang on another few months. just thought it might feel nice and squishy in his fingers

eh heh heh heh i just found this, maybe jelly is the answer! http://ezinearticles.com/?Jelly-Painting---Creative-Activities-For-Babies&id=553725

Nope deffo not too young to do finger/hand painting as we do it with the LO's at nursery...fab for making Mothers Day/Fathers Day cards!

As for baby safe paint not sure as obviously all our paint comes from suppliers...but I reckon Toys R Us etc will probably sell it xx

Ooo and love love love the above link xx

i'm really glad i found it haha jelly painting is definitely on the cards! i will have a look at toys r us thanks oh and probably elc d'oh didn't think of them

nah let him paint

we got paige some finger paints from the ELC, their pretty good. they are in little tubs and like jelly.. so it wont make a mess every where x

We did painting with Ollie at 6mths, and got our paints from asda and elc. Even 2 yrs on he'll still attempt to put it in his mouth and its done no harm, he's fine

Crayola do non toxic baby safe ones too x

thanks ladies i will get searching, i think the textures and colours might be quite good fun for him

Deffo not too early. I've done it with Amelia since she was able to roll over. Here's one adventure at 5 ish months

i did painting with lewis when he wasn't much older than elijah....wilkinson do their own range that isn't toxic to them...nice and cheap too!