Amazing Science ~ Absorption Color Mixing Color Wheel

I love science and color mixing, so when I saw the idea for this color mixing science experiment that demonstrated absorption I knew we had to try it.  These simple science experiments are a great way to get children of all different ages excited about science.

The girls were amazed as the colored water slowly climbed up the paper towel and into the middle cup of plain water.  We went out for a little bit and as soon as we walked in the door they both ran to check it.  When they saw it they were bouncing up and down, “Mommy it’s green, the water turned green!”

To get them thinking we played around with adding more water to the colored cups and watching them water levels even out.

A few days later I was thinking about this experiment and how cool it would look if we did it to make a color wheel.  I told the girls about it and they decided we needed to set it up RIGHT AWAY!!!

The girls were able to see how the water was absorbed into the paper towel and then traveled up over into the cup of plain water creating the secondary colors. 

I filled the cups of colored water higher than the cups of plain water.  The next time we try this I am not going to put any plain water into the cups so they can see what happens then.

Muffin Tin Monday ~ Rainbow

This was the final week in the Muffin Tin Monday Color Series so the theme was Rainbow.  Emily was very excited for her new muffin tins and lots of yummy rainbow colored food!

Red Strawberries, Yellow Matzo with Butter, Orange Frozen Mangos, Green Broccoli, Blue Sprinkled Rice Pudding and Purple Jelly Beans. 

In the center is a piece of hero that had a rainbow look to it too :0)

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!

stART ~ Warthogs Paint

Welcome to stART! I hope that you will enjoy our story and art project and maybe even share your own too! The linky will be open all week.

This week we read Warthogs Paint A Messy Color Book, by Pamela Duncan Edwards. This is a really cute story about some very messy warthogs and the fun that they have with Red, Blue and Yellow paint one rainy day. I love the great color concepts that this book teaches and all the wonderful art projects that is lend itself too!

This week we decided to use some of the color mixing concepts that are talked about in this book to make a very special Cheesecake rainbow.

First we made the crust and added some Fruit Loops to the graham crackers for a rainbow colored crust and fun fruity flavor.

Emily helped scoop and pour all of the ingredients into the mixer.

While it was mixing Emily worked on pointing out some of her letters. She knew all of the letters in Kitchen Aid!

Once the batter was ready I divided it into three bowls and added Red, Blue and Yellow food coloring to them.

Emily helped mix the food coloring into the batter.

Next, we mixed the different colors together to make Orange, Green, and Purple. (I added a little bit of food coloring as needed to get a brighter color)

Emily really enjoyed all the mixing :0)

Now we are ready to make our rainbow!

Emily helped pour the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple batter on top of the graham cracker crust.

After waiting a whole day to cut into the cake and see how it came out Emily and everyone else that was over for our Family Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner loved the results!!

Warthogs Paint inspired Rainbow Cheesecake!

If you would like to make your own check out the awesome cheesecake recipe we used. I made a different crust since my husband is allergic to tree nuts.

Graham Cracker and Fruit Loop Crust:

• 2 cups c graham cracker crumbs (I made mine in the food processor)
• 1/2 cup fruit loop crumbs
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup sugar

Mix all ingredients until well blended and press into a greased spring form pan or pie plate.

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!!