Color Wheel ~ Purple

This week we completed our color wheels.  I really enjoyed watching the kids working on this project.  I also think it will be a great tool to use with future color projects.  The kids seemed to enjoy making them too which is always a good thing!

First they colored the last section in with purple crayons and markers.

Then they glued on lots of fun purple collage materials. We had purple pipe cleaners, craft foam, felt, Easter grass,  and pom poms.

Purple Paint and Prints

I gave the girls Red and Blue paint and had them mix it together to make purple then they were able to paint however they wanted!  I enjoy seeing how each child chooses to paint, some love to use their fingers and others enjoy using the brushes and sponges. 

   

Open Ended painting always seems to be a hit!  

Color Wheel Project ~ Green

This week we added Green to our color wheel!

First they colored with green crayons and markers and then they glued on lots of fun green collage materials. We had green pipe cleaners, craft foam, felt, ribbon, stickers, straws and pom poms.

Green Shiny Paint Shamrocks

 I originally saw the idea for the shiny paint made with corn syrup and food coloring on Through The Eyes of a Child and couldn’t wait to try it out.

 

I cut shamrock shapes out of tag board and mixed up some shiny paint in blue and yellow. I drizzled some yellow and green on each shamrock and gave each child got a popsicle stick to mix the colors together. It was fun to watch it turn green!

After they were finished they enjoyed using the paints on a plain piece of white paper. We will definitely be making these paints again!

Color Wheel Project ~ Orange

Color Wheels and Clean Finger Painting

This week we added orange to our color wheel! 

First the girls colored with Orange markers…

…then glued on orange collage material.  This week I had stickers, pom poms, felt, foam, ribbon, pipe cleaners, straws, and lanyard. ( I have to admit I have so much fun going through our crafting supplies looking for the color of the week to collage with!!)

After the girls finished their color wheel we did some Clean Finger Painting to make orange!

This was fun, easy and very clean!!  Each of the girls got a piece of construction paper and a piece of waxed paper.  They helped me squirt red and yellow paint onto the construction paper and then we covered it with waxed paper.

   

The girls got to squish and mush…

 

…and pat and tap their paint all around the paper.  As they did this the two colors mixed together to make orange.  I liked that you could still see the yellow and the red too!

Friday Art Group

Color Wheel Project ~ Blue and Blue Duplo Prints

This week we added the blue piece to our color wheels for the Color Wheel Project.

The girls colored one of the pieces of the circle with blue markers, and then glued on blue pipe cleaners, tissue paper, foam, construction paper, ribbon, stickers, cut up straws and sequins. 

Coloring with blue markers.  They are all doing really well staying in the one piece.

Gluing on the collage materials.

Juliette enjoyed watching from her high chair. This week we had 3 siblings watching us work.  It will be fun to see how the babies join in soon. 

Next, the girls made Duplo prints with blue paint.  I loved how each one came out so different!

   

After we cleaned up the girls had snack and free play.

 

Juliette is starting to join right in, I LOVE it!!!!

Friday Art Group

Color Wheel Project ~ Yellow and Yellow Pasta Painting

The girls really seemed to enjoy the play dough this week.  They were rolling it out and using the cutters to make all different shapes.

Color Wheel Project ~ Yellow

We continued working on our color wheels for the Color Wheel Project at Mommies Little Artists.  For our projects the girls are making a color wheel collage.  I was so excited to see how they look with the next color added. 

The girls colored one of the pieces of the circle with yellow markers, and then glued on yellow pipe cleaners, tissue paper, foam, construction paper, ribbon, stickers and sequins. 

Yellow Pasta Painting

I have been wanting to try Spaghetti Painting for awhile now so thought that it would go very well with our YELLOW themed art group today.  I also added some different types of dried pasta to paint with too, since I wasn’t sure if all of the girls would like the feeling of the cooked pasta.  To my surprise it was Emily that was the most uninterested in it!!  She did try it at the end though. 

Painting with pasta is pretty cool!!!

Juliette watched the girls paint while I was holding her, but she did spend some time hanging out in her Jump-a-roo too!!

Friday Art Group

Color Wheel Project ~ Red and Red Packing Peanut Prints

This week we began with play dough. Before we clean up the play dough we always sing “On Top of Spaghetti,” we did this in Gymboree and I always though it was so cute and a great way to begin transitioning into the next activity.

Here is how it goes:

Leader: Make a ball, make a ball, make a ball, ball, ball

Make a ball, make a ball, make a tiny little ball

(Children roll the play dough into a ball in their hands)

Put the ball onto the table and roll it on the table while singing:

On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese,

I lost my pour meatball when somebody sneezed (aaachhooo ~ pretend to sneeze)

It rolled off the table and onto the floor

and then my poor meatball rolled right out the door.

It rolled on the sidewalk and under a bush,

and then my poor meatball, hands up, was nothing but mush. (Smoosh the ball of play dough)

Color Wheel Project ~Red

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Shannon at Mommies Little Artists is hosting a color wheel series and I was so excited to participate with our Art Group. The girls are very excited about colors and many of them even have favorite colors. Before the kids came over I cut out 11 inch circles (I traced my largest pot lid) and then divided them into 6 pieces. Each week we are going to collage a different color in each of the pieces.

The girls colored one of the pieces of the circle with red markers, and then glued on red pipe cleaners, tissue paper, ribbon, stickers and sequins.

Red Packing Peanut Prints

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I received a package that was filled with bio-degradable packing peanuts (I have been waiting for these for so long!!) and thought they would be fun to paint with. It was interesting to see how each of the girls used them, one rolled the paint onto the paper with it, one stamped and the other smeared it around. It was also interesting to see how the packing peanuts melted as they were painting with them. It left a neat texture to the paint!