We used string, a straw, and cotton balls. He enjoyed the challenge of dipping the straw into the paint water, sealing the top, and then letting go over the paper to make a drop. The cotton balls turned into mush, but A liked them a lot (as you can see by his discolored fingers). He couldn't do a whole lot with the string, but I would make a long stroke and then he would use the straw to put a drop of different color at the start of the stroke and then watch it bleed down the line. (Does that make sense, it's a hard process to explain.)
I'm super mom to a super busy, super curious four year old. We live in Fiji right now and enjoy loads of one on one time together. This blog is where I share our successful and not-so-successful experiences during daily Learning Time.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Water Color and New Mediums
We tried a few different mediums with our water colors. Some worked and others, well the mess they made was fun.

We used string, a straw, and cotton balls. He enjoyed the challenge of dipping the straw into the paint water, sealing the top, and then letting go over the paper to make a drop. The cotton balls turned into mush, but A liked them a lot (as you can see by his discolored fingers). He couldn't do a whole lot with the string, but I would make a long stroke and then he would use the straw to put a drop of different color at the start of the stroke and then watch it bleed down the line. (Does that make sense, it's a hard process to explain.)
We used string, a straw, and cotton balls. He enjoyed the challenge of dipping the straw into the paint water, sealing the top, and then letting go over the paper to make a drop. The cotton balls turned into mush, but A liked them a lot (as you can see by his discolored fingers). He couldn't do a whole lot with the string, but I would make a long stroke and then he would use the straw to put a drop of different color at the start of the stroke and then watch it bleed down the line. (Does that make sense, it's a hard process to explain.)
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