Sensory play is an integral part of children’s learning journeys. Parents across the world have embraced the beneficial aspects of sensory play. Vegetable and fruit painting is also one activity that promotes sensory play and is useful when engaging with children. 

Benefits of Fruit and Vegetable Painting:

• Helps children recognise different fruits and vegetables
• A fun and interactive way to explain the health benefits of fruits and vegetables that are used as a part of this painting activity
• Improves their imagination and creativity by making different coloured stamps and prints with vegetables and fruits
• Fuels their confidence and allows them to be more expressive of their moods
• Boosts their attention span and focus
• Teaches children about textures that are formed when fruits and vegetables are stamped on paper
• An innovative way to repurpose forgotten fruits and vegetables

Here’s how you can get started:

Things Needed

• Child-friendly watercolours
• Blank papers
• Plate or a shallow dish
• Whole or sliced fruits or vegetables of your choice 
  • Some fruits and vegetables we recommend are drumsticks, lady’s finger, potato, lime, cauliflower, cabbage, orange, gooseberry and pineapple

Method

• Lay everything on a table and explain the use of each fruit or vegetable to your child
• Use the plate and add some colours to it
• Dip the sliced or whole fruit and vegetable in the paint
• Stamp them on paper to create prints and patterns

Let us know in the comments section below about which fruit and vegetable you chose for your paintings.