The
colors will mix and blend. Your child will be fascinated by the
changes. You can use this opportunity to teach about COLOR MIXING
and the reason it drips down is GRAVITY.
Easy
Tie Dye
You'll Need:
Coffee Filters
Food coloring
Medicine dropper or
small paint brush and a muffin tin
to hold the water and color.
Mix food coloring w/ water.
Be sure the color remains strong!
Have your child drop the colored water
onto the filter and watch it spread.
So interesting to watch that kids love to make more !
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Tie Dye Butterfly
You'll Need
1 dry tie dye filter
clothes pin,
Pipe cleaner, magnet or magnetic tape, Glue gun or strong glue.
Scrunch the filter in the middle, to form wings.
Secure with a pipe cleaner. Glue to the clothes pin. Attach the
magnetic tape or magnet!
The
three projects painting, are a perfect example of, process not
product activities. There is no goal to attain. No definitive
color, or form for children to struggle with. The process of
experiencing color and movement are the important lessons.
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Bubble
Painting
You’ll need :
Bubble solution
Powder tempera paint
Blowing wand
Try using other household objects to make bubbles i.e.
T.P. tube, straw, the plastic rings from a six pack of soda. Pour
bubble mix into as many trays as you want colors.
Add about one teaspoon of dry powder paint.
Place your blowing wand into paint and blow bubbles at the paper
let the bubble land. When it pops the color explodes .
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Hot Rod Painting
You'll need :
Poster or Tempera paint
Plain paper
A few small matchbox cars
Paper plates or Styrofoam trays, saved from meat products.
Spread paint thinly on the bottom of trays. Drive the car through
the paint a few times and then onto the paper.
Simple Huh?
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Spray Bottle Painting
You'll need :
Finger paint paper which is smooth & glossy
Washable markers
Spray Bottle of water
A few pieces of masking tape.
Decorate the paper in any design. The more color the better.
Detailed pictures are not recommended.
Tape the picture to a shower wall.
Stand back ~ 3-4 feet and spray the picture with
the spray bottle a few times.
