Springtime Rainbows!

 With the coming of spring we have turned our attention to the science and beauty of... rainbows!

    Our first rainbow craft was a watercolor wind catcher. I prepared rainbow outlines for Rosie and me to fill in with watercolors, then cut out and attach raindrops with strings.

    Only instead of regular watercolors we made our own by adding a few drops of food coloring to little dishes of water! That made creating AND cleanup super easy!

    (Besides, Rosie is pretty much the food coloring Queen!)

Of course, craft time is not quite complete without tea and a snack, so while our tea was brewing (compliments of Rosie) we made an edible rainbow snack!

To make this fun rainbow-y treat, mix a couple drops food coloring in separate dishes of milk. Stir in a pinch of sugar, and paint onto a piece of bread! (We used clean Q-tips instead of paintbrushes)

Once your edible painting is finished, you can toast it lightly or enjoy as is!

Here is Rosie's beautiful Flower Garden with a Blue Sky!

And my Rainbow...

See how toasting brings out the colors?

Now... back to tea & craft time! After our paintings dry we can cut them out and assemble them.

    And here they are! The food-coloring watercolors have a really beautiful effect. I especially love water-based art for things like rainbows because they are made from water in real life.

Next, we tried another project Rosie had had her eye on... 

Edible finger paints!

These are literally just cool whip with food coloring added.

As you can see, we used a muffin tin for a pallet. 

What a fun, sunny day to make crafts outside!

    Painting our fingernails makes it "edible fingernail polish"!

Happy Learning!

<3 ~ Mama & Rosie

Summer Throwback~ Rosie's Bubble Art~ And More!

 

Rosie had an idea to do some bubble art- something she saw on one of her favorite shows- probably Ryan's World or Peppa Pig :)

Luckily, it was a beautiful day and we had all the supplies already~ so we headed outside to do our project.

Rosie knew what she wanted to do. She had me help her fill cups with a little paint, some soap, and she filled them with water and gave them a stir.

Then she put a straw in and blew bubbles!

Careful not to drink it!

(Rosie is four-and-a half, so she's good at not drinking paint) :)

Next, pour the bubbles out onto the paper and see what happens!

(I guess this is what they call Process Art?)

Spread out the papers, and now we have a rainbow of bubble art!

Add a little glitter to make it sparkly :)

(This was a good project to do outside)

We really enjoyed this project.

Do you want to try it too?

Since we had the paints out already, we decided to do another project.

(The boys were busy and this was our "Fun Day" together)

Here Rosie is making "green apples"

Here is Rosie's finished painting:

Mama and Rosie are inside the house and the sun is shining on us and the apples are outside. <3

What will you create next??

Happy Learning!

~Beth

Mixing Colors ~An Art Experiment

 Usually when Rowan says he wants to "paint", what he really means is he wants to mix paint and water in yogurt cups. So on this particular day we skipped all the fussing and misunderstanding and dedicated the entire morning to "mixing colors". Fynn joined us as well.

We just got out a bunch of yogurt cups, filled them halfway with water, and began mixing together different colors of tempera paint.

 What happens when we mix pink and purple?

 What happens when we mix yellow and orange?

 It's art! It's science! It's both!

 And the possibilities are endless...

 A lot of our school time is spent doing this kind of play. It's so good for the kids, because, not only are they inspired by the vibrant colors, but they are making their own discoveries and soaking them up like a sponge. I'm just there to help them along; to help them accomplish what they want to accomplish.

 It's not like I put on my low teacher voice and say, Okay, kids. Today we are going to learn about The Scientific Method.  Instead, they say, "What happens if I mix this color and that color?"  and I say, "What color do you think it will make?" and they guess what they think it will be. And then we find out what it really is. We have so much fun learning and discovering together!

Happy learning,
~Beth