spray painting
when i saw this idea on playbased learning’s blog, i thought it would be a fun one for a warm afternoon outside at the easel.
novi and i mixed up some colored water in random spray bottles we found around the house. we just added about 8 drops of food coloring to the water.
we brought the easel out into the sun, and embarked on this charming little endeavor. as the blog (where i got the idea) said, it is a bit difficult for little fingers to work the pump squirters. the trigger squirter (our red paint was in) was a bit easier for novi to control.
novi wished the colors were brighter (next time, liquid watercolors might be in order.) we tried the paint on manilla paper, and it did show up brighter and made a rather cute little scene.
novi was still delighted with the paintings we made, saying “they look like lollipop trees!”
i think the large ones will make for good wrapping paper for all of those summer birthday parties coming up!
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