Tissue Paper Prints

Tissue Paper Prints

Our tiny tots got to do their favorite thing: use the spray bottles! It was even more fun that we used them to make art rather than clean up art. Plus this is a great project to strengthen hand muscles and sharpen hand/eye coordination. We used the spray bottles and...
Holiday Gift Making II: Salt Dough Ornaments and Montotype Prints

Holiday Gift Making II: Salt Dough Ornaments and Montotype Prints

Thank you Artful Parent for such a great blog about salt dough ornaments! This project was loved by parent and child alike. And the suggested recipe came out great every time. 4 cups of flour 1 cup of salt 1.5 cups of water bake at 225 for 3 hours This recipe produced...
Collaboration IV: Colored Glue Collage & Ball Painting

Collaboration IV: Colored Glue Collage & Ball Painting

The first collaboration of the day was a colored glue collage. I made seven colors of glue by adding liquid water color to white glue. In last week’s mask making project we practiced glue control but this week I let the kids squeeze to their heart’s...
Bubble Wands

Bubble Wands

To celebrate the end of summer we made bubble wands and blew bubbles. I experimented with two different bubble recipe. I preferred The giant bubble recipe from Design Dazzle over the Exploratorium Bubble Formula. I found a large heavy glass baking dish solved toddlers...