Mila can be such a girly girl.
One thing that she absolutely loves is painting nails. No matter if it’s her nails or someone else’s, she always asking.
I saw this activity last year and figured now was the perfect time.
All you need is:
- Cardboard
- Marker
- Paint
- Paint brushes
I had everything had home and used old cereal boxes to draw the hands. To hold the paint, I used the caps of milk containers.
Next, I traced my hand and then drew finger nails.
To get her used to seeing her name, words, and numbers, I wrote them on the cardboard too. Before she painted, we counted all the fingers, told her which one was right and left, and spelled her name. She tells me her name is ‘la,’ which always makes me smile.
Then, I let her paint these nails.
She enjoyed mixing the colors and practicing painting nearly, at first. It switched from near to a little wild soon after.
This is a quick activity to put together, but it gave me enough time to do some work on the computer. Sometimes you just need five minutes of peace and this did the trick.
I will continue doing this activity with Mila. To help her with her pre-writing, I’ll make dotted lines that she has to trace for bracelet and rings. It would also be fun to do color recognition or teach the order of the rainbow here too.
Either way, this is DIY nail salon is fun and toddler approved.
Grey Skies & Rainbow Highs 
Oh this is so cute and such a good idea! If you coat the board with packing tape, you can wipe the paint of and do multiple “manicures!”
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That would be a good idea! I ended up hanging this first go on my fridge. Maybe next time I’ll do this. Thanks for the tip!
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This is such a fun activity! I will have to do this with my girls!
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Yay! If they do let me know. I’m sure they’ll love it.
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I am still so in love with this!
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Aww! It’s seriously a lot of fun.
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This is an AWESOME idea! I’m doing this tomorrow with my toddler! Thank you for the idea!! She will LOVE it!
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I hope you had a blast doing it!
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Love the this DYI activities, very goodto develop creativity and self-expression! Well done!
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Thank you so much! I’m happy to keep her mind creative and active.
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What a fun activity
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Thank you so much!
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so much fun!!! and so creative too…
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Thank you. We had a blast!
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What a cute idea! Definitely helps to build those hand eye coordination skills. My girls loved this kind of stuff when they were younger.
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Thank you so much. It’s an important skill for them to master!
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This is nice! My daughter loves nail polish but I can’t help be worried if she uses too much of it. This is really cool and I am sure she will love it. Will definitely do this tomorrow.
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I understand that. There’s kids nail polish that I’ve bought for Mila. It helps make me worry less. Let me know how the activity went for you!
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What a cute idea! And she did a great job!
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Thank you! It was a blast.
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