1. Gather your materials. You will need a kitchen sponge, washable markers, scissors, some plain white paper, some bright thin paint, tape and black construction paper.
2. Start by drawing a light bulb shape on the sponge. Cut out, then wash the marker off.
3. We used the paint rollers for our paint, but you could use any paint or even an ink pad. Essentially you are stamping the sponge.
4. Stamp! If like me you have been house bound due to weather and are a little crazy and want to try this with a toddler here are my tips… Ask your child where they want the sponge, then place it there, then have them slap the sponge and FREEZE. My son loved this , he loved freezing and it helped get nice prints for the effect. We managed to have fun with these tricks, he also directed which color to use. After he rolled the roller on his head I took over those duties too.
5. Do another color…and repeat. I blotted my sponge between uses but I didn’t bother washing it.
6. Let the bulbs dry. Here is where I gave my son the sponge and roller and let him be free! While I finished up .
7. Add squiggly circles at the neck of each bulb.
8. Connect the bulbs with a marker “wire”
9. Trim and tape to a black piece of paper. I am using tape because plain white paper is thin and glue could ruin the prints.

** Also as a mom who has been saying “Please don’t touch the lights, that’s your warning!” for days now, I was so happy tonight when my son went to touch the lights on the tree I said ” You can go get the lights we made and touch those!” and it worked , we’ll see if it does tomorrow! **