Do you have a little girl who is into nails and painting them? Save this activity, and try it! This is a simple nail salon activity that is so much fun to do! My daughter loves getting her nails painted, and she loved every minute of this nail salon activity!
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Fun Nail Salon Activity At Home
This nail salon activity is very easy to set up, you can recreate this activity with paper, or a recycled cardboard box. My kids loved this activity, especially my daughter who is into painting her nails these days!
Supplies You Need
- Cardboard or Large Paper
- Paint or nail polish
- Black Marker
- Your hand to trace
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How To Set It Up This Nail Salon Activity
Setup for this activity is very simple, You can use what you already have on hand.
- Choose either paper, or an recycled cardboard box
- If using a cardboard box, you will need to use a box cutter in order to cut the side of the box so it can lay flat on the floor or table.
- Using a black sharpie, outline your hand a few times. I created a few hand outlines on each side of the page.
- Grab some paint, and paint brushes
- That’s it, You will have created this fun nail salon activity!
Benefits Of This Activity
- Fine Motor Skill Development: Using the paintbrushes to paint the finger nails on the hand outline
- Hand to Eye Coordination: Getting paint, and painting the smaller section on the hand outline
- Creativity: Create a cool nail design, allows kids to be creative!
Should You Use Paint Or Nail Polish?
I personally decided to use paint because I have smaller children. Also nail [olish isn’t always cheap, so I didn’t see the benefit in wasting a ton of nail polish for this activity. For smaller kids, paint is great because they can really explore with the colors, and not have to worry about the paint running out so fast.
Also paint would be an easier yes to clean up, with washable paint you can easily wash it away with a wet rag if a spill happens. Finger nails polish with probably require more ( finger nail polish remover).
Nail polish might be a great option for an older child, who is more precise and less likely to make a huge mess!
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