Stay out of the rain and break out the finger paints!

Kids will love painting their own designs and with bright colors, and it’s a great way to get them thinking creatively and using their imaginations.

For a simple, cheap and fun craft, you can have the kids make their own rock animals. To create a rock animal, all you need is a smooth rock from outside, paint and paint brushes. After you choose your animal, use a pencil to sketch an outline on the rock, and then fill your outline in with paint.

Or, you can trace your kids’ outlines on a large sheet of paper and let them color in the outline for a ‘self portrait.’ And if you can make a trip to the craft store, certain kinds of paint can be used to spice up plain mugs or plates.

You can also go the traditional route and create a watercolor or finger paint masterpiece to hang on the fridge. There are hundreds of other fun ideas online; all you need is paint and creativity!

For more summer fun ideas, check out our 100 Days of Summer list of family activities, or see our daily calendar of events.

Today’s post was sponsored by Cricket Studios in Gallery 3876, Annapolis. Cricket Studios provides kids’ classes, including a duct tape workshop July 16, summer camps and BYOB workshops for adults.