Art & Painting

He Was Caught Purple Handed! Slime Tutorial!

July 20, 2010
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We attempted to make slime today and it proved to be just that…. VERY slimey indeed!! Mate­ri­als Needed: 1/4– almost half a cup cornstarch(although I did end up using a tiny bit more) 1/4 cup glue Ziplock bag Food Col­or­ing Tem­pera Paint in your desired color. A will­ing child is a must! Add the glue and the cornstarch […]

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What Is This? Shaving Cream Painting

July 2, 2010
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The shav­ing cream paint­ing activ­ity is more about the process and the expe­ri­ence than it is about the final prod­uct. Warn­ing: Do not have a heart attack when shav­ing cream ends up on your floor, walls, couch, hair, and in funny places you really it wasn’t  Do this out­side on a warm day.. Always gather […]

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Fun with Rice — Great Learning Opportunities

June 30, 2010
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There are so many learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties that play­ing with rice pro­vides..  A fun hid­ing spot… A great tex­ture to feel on your hands, face, and feet… (Aaliyas toes) and it also pro­vides a great oppor­tu­nity to work on pour­ing and clean­ing up! But best of all, it is FUN! Deen helped me choose some items around the house that […]

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Giraffe Handprint and Tunnel Fun!

March 18, 2010
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Deen and I made hand print giraffes yes­ter­day… this is fun, easy, and really cute! This activ­ity was found here at activ­ity vil­lage. Paint your hand Place on a piece of paper. This will make the body, tail, and legs of the giraffe. Paint the pinky side of your hand and place it on the opposite […]

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Foot Prints

March 16, 2010
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Today we painted our feet and made foot prints next to each other. This was a great les­son in big and small. Guess which feet are mine? Warn­ing: Before you go on please note that these pic­tures were taken in a dark room with no lights and on my camera’s auto­matic mode… Pics are taken […]

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Handprint Duckie

March 3, 2010
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We found the instruc­tions for this hand print duck here at enchanted learn­ing. Enchanted Learn­ing is a site full of great craft ideas… You should def­i­nitely check it out. Mate­ri­als: White Paper Plate, Orange con­struc­tion paper (cut feet and beak out of this), white paper for eyes, yel­low con­struc­tion paper for face and feet, yel­low paint, […]

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Dyeing Playsilks

February 23, 2010
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We dyed playsilks using Kool-aid using three dif­fer­ent meth­ods. (The Kool-aid we used to dye the above were: Blue — 4 pack­ets berry blue Green — 4 pack­ets Lemon Lime Pink — 3 Pack­ets Pink Lemon­ade You can vary the dark­ness of the shade based on how many pack­ets you use.) First you will need […]

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Ladybug Fingerprint Painting

February 17, 2010
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After yes­ter­days lady bug craft I decided to try a lady bug art project. This activ­ity proved to be fun AND messy! Mate­ri­als: Red and black paint, 2 paper plates. *Red col­ored rice is optional* Cut the circle(head) and anten­nas out of one paper plate. Leave the other for the lady­bug body. Paint Pause and say, “I […]

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Colorful Hand Painting

January 20, 2010

We did col­or­ful hand prints today. I painted Deens hands and fin­gers dif­fer­ent col­ors and then he stamped his hand on the piece of paper many times. His hand stamp light­ened each time since I didn’t repaint his hand which he found inter­est­ing.) Each time he stamped he said “Mama, I love you.” Then he painted […]

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Tissue Paper Coloring

January 12, 2010

Mate­ri­als needed: Water spray bot­tle, tis­sue paper cut up into small pieces, paper… and snacks are always wel­come Give the paper 2 light sprays then start stick­ing the tis­sue paper on the paper in any design.… When you are happy with your design spray your paper a few times till the tis­sue paper is pretty […]

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