Wednesday, January 5, 2011

stArt - A color of his own

This week we read the book A color of his own by Leo Lionni.

The art project didn't turn out quite the way I expected but the girls had fun.

I started by printing out a lizard coloring page. I placed a small amount of watered down paint on the picture. The plan was for the girls to blow through a straw to spread the paint. It didn't work very well so we resorted to just painting it. Here are the pictures.






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5 comments:

  1. I love this book! Nice craft. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. These are so colorful! We once did a 'fireworks' craft by blowing through the straw onto the paint and i found if it was watered down enough, and they blew on it at the right angle, it worked out good :)

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  3. We've never tried blowing paint with a straw so I don't have any tips, but your brush painted pictures are cute. Very colorful!

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  4. Aaah this made me smile. So cute. Did the enjoy blowing with the straw? Even if it didnt work too well? I think it is great to try out different techniques!


    I would LOVE for you to join us at Kids Get Crafty (every Wednesday on Red Ted Art) - current link up http://www.redtedart.com/2011/01/05/kids-get-crafty-3-kings-dressing-up/

    Hope to see you there!

    Maggy

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  5. This looks like so much fun! Using the metal tin is a wonderful idea.

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