Cool Project Idea: Play it Again!

This picture shows a bunch of paintings of the same subject: a rose. What's cool here is that each painting is made using some different kind of "brush." The artist (who is 6) first made the one in the lower row, second from right, using a brush. She wasn't happy with that one for some reason, so I asked her, "What don't you like about it?" She said she didn't like the shape of the flower. So I suggested, "Why don't you try painting it again using something different?" This touched off a process that resulted in a pile of paintings, each one interesting and fun in its own way. She painted with a rubber band, a Lego, a leaf, a rose petal, her finger, a piece of cloth, a crumpled up piece of paper... and that really abstract one was made with one of those pens that wraps around into a bracelet.
Sometimes painting or drawing with something other than a brush or pencil can take the artist one step away from being too critical of the outcome. Working with weird stuff is fun in and of itself, and it frees the artist up and quiets criticism.
I also love the way the basic rose shape gets repeated over and over. And she reinterpreted it a bit with each new "brush."
The key things here I think are keeping the subject simple, and allowing strange things to be used as a brush. Oh, and using washable paint.