We love blueberries!  We love to eat them fresh and bake them in homemade blueberry muffins.  And now, we love to paint with them too!

Once again, I owe this idea to my daughter Hannah.  She had taken some frozen blueberries and rinsed them off to eat for lunch one day.  When she was unable to finish all she had in her bowl, next thing I knew I saw her with a paintbrush and paper in hand.

She first created an outline with pencil and then filled bits in with blueberry juice.

She liked this project so much we tried it again just today.  This time I measured out about a 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries and added a 1/4 cup of hot water and used a potato masher to mash the berries up.  And this time Gabby got in on the fun.

We experimented with adding some crayon first and washing over it with blueberry juice.  We think they turned out really neat!

Mom's Masterpiece

Hannah's Masterpiece

Gabby's Masterpiece

After I was finished painting mine, I headed inside to work on the computer.  Suddenly I heard Hannah yelling for me saying, "Mom, Gabby is eating the paint!"  A little artwork and a healthy snack...all in one.  Happy blueberry painting!....and eating!