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Make your own dot dabbers

July 27, 2011

A few days ago I read this post on Teach Preschool about making your own dot paint dabbers, and immediately thought of ways I could make this with what I had (since I don’t have the make-up sponges she used.) Someone in one of the comments on her post suggested there might be a way to make it work using sponges.

Bingo! I have lots of those sponges with one scrubber side from the dollar store. It was super easy to rip off the scrubber layer (and I kept those aside since they’re still good for scrubbing!)

I took some bottles, rinsed them out, then put in some paint and water. My paint is cheap stuff, kind of thin to start with, so I think I put too much water. It worked, but next time I’ll keep it a bit thicker I think.

Then I put some hot glue around the inside of the bottle neck, rolled up a sponge, and shoved it in as far as I could before the glue dried. I cut off a little bit from the top of the sponge so that it was just a tiny bit bulging over the bottle neck. Make sure you wipe the neck of the bottle dry before you put the glue on!

A bit of shaking to mix the paint and water, and a few dabs to get the paint through the sponge, and voila!

Annie made some lovely circles.

Tobi discovered that by “banging” the dabber onto his paper, he made fun splats! (Next time, I’ll put his art smock on.)

Like I said, my paint was a bit too thinned out, but overall this worked great. The kids had fun, it still made nice little dots, and I can put the lids back on the bottles. The only down-side is that I can’t refill the bottles, but since these were headed for the recycle bin anyways, it’s not a big loss. I’ll just make sure to keep some on hand when these ones are nearing empty.

Have you tried making your own dot paint dabbers?

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  1. Melissa + Tiffany @ Home Grown Families says

    July 27, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    This is great!!!
    Thanks so much for sharing!!
    Tiffany

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  2. Deborah says

    July 27, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    These turned out great and what I found is there really are fun to play with!!

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  3. Jen says

    July 27, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    Brilliant idea! Following you on GFC, hope you'll visit me as well at http://www.chestnutgroveacademy.blogspot.com

    Reply
  4. Luana says

    July 28, 2011 at 12:57 am

    I love this!! I'm totally going to try this with my day care kids, thank you for sharing! Have a wonderful week šŸ™‚

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  5. Nadia says

    July 28, 2011 at 6:15 am

    great idea!! I am definitely gonna try this!

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  6. LeeanneA / KMullally says

    July 28, 2011 at 11:12 am

    http://ramblingsmom.com/2011/07/make-your-own-dot-dabbers.html
    Here is my version the kids had so much fun! Hope you like them!

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  7. ~The Bargain Babe says

    July 28, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    I love those paint dobbers but they are too expensive. Thanks for the idea on how to make my own!!

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  8. Julie @ Fumbling Through Parenthood says

    August 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Awesome Idea! I’ll definitely have to keep these in mind for when our store bought ones run out. I love the fact that you can still put the caps on!

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  9. katepickle says

    August 11, 2011 at 9:35 pm

    What a great idea for making your own dabbers! I bought my kids some last christmas which they LOVE but I was disappointed to find that you can’t take the tops off and re-fill them. Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Rachele @ Messy Kids says

    August 12, 2011 at 12:32 am

    I love your variation on what Teach Preschool did. Good idea hot gluing the sponge inside! Thanks for sharing on It’s Playtime.

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  11. Praises of a Wife and Mommy says

    August 12, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    LOVE IT! šŸ™‚ I may have to try this soon! šŸ™‚ gives me a reason to go buy some soda too! šŸ™‚ LOL

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  12. Tia says

    July 15, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    Great idea! Thank you for the tips!

    Reply

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