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.
N 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 N to control.
N 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.
N 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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