stART ~ Bartholomew and the Oobleck

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This week to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday we read Bartholomew and the Oobleck , by Dr. Seuss and had a great time playing with some homemade Oobleck.  Emily also had a lot of fun with our Art Project.  We decided to make our own Oobleck picture inspired by the illustrations in the book.

Emily used a black pen on white paper to draw her picture. 

Then Emily added the Oobleck .  She used a q-tip with green paint.

Emily’s Bartholomew and the Oobleck inspired Illustration.

This is our family holding umbrellas to protect us from the Oobleck that is falling from the sky.

Emily and Juliette and the Oobleck

We had so much fun playing with our own Oobleck after reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck, by Dr. Seuss. 

To make Oobleck all you have to do is mix about 2 parts corn starch to 1 part water and then add green food coloring.  For ours I did about 4 cups corn starch and 2 cups water.  I put it in our sensory bin and added a towel underneath.  Although it looks messy, it cleans up with water and a rag really easily! 

**When they were finished playing with it I just set it aside and let the water evaporate.  Then added more water and they were able to play with it again!

Juliette was not so sure about it, but each time I washed her hands she just came back for more!

We added some Little People to cover in Oobleck.  The girls thought this was a lot of fun!

Emily loved having me cover her hands in the Oobleck and then trying to pull them up really fast.

  We had it drip through a slotted spoon for a fun effect.  Juliette liked feeling it fall on her hands and Emily loved watching the stringy Oobleck.

Happy 105th Birthday Dr. Seuss

Emily's Cat in the Hat Hat to Read in!!

Today is Dr. Seuss' 105th Birthday and to celebrate Emily and I made a Cat in the Hat Reading Hat. We got this great idea from Allie at No Time For Flash Cards.

Emily started painting with a large paintbrush...

...but, we decided fingers were much more fun!

The Dr. Seuss Books we are reading today:

• The Foot Book
• One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection) (Board book)
• Green Eggs and Ham
• Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! (Board book)