Paint By Bubble

I know crayola has their nifty color bubbles on store shelves now but I prefer making my own. They clean up so much easier and make nicer bubbles.



I like using baby food jars but you can store them however. Just pour bubbles into jars, add paint, stir and have fun.



Now to take this further, kids can blow the bubbles onto paper and it makes great artwork. I like to use solid white wrapping paper and let the kids wrap their friend's presents in their art :)

Foaming Finger Paint

Unfortunately I lost my pictures of this activity. They some how got erased before making it onto my computer so the next time we do this I will take extra pictures and post right away. But this has to be one of my kids most favorite activities.

All you need for foamy finger paint fun:
A sense of fun
A high tolerance for mess
Shaving Cream
Tempera Paint
and I suggest a water hose for clean up

On a flat surface, outside- I really highly recommend that this never be done inside... ever - put a small pile of shaving cream let the kids smooth it out. Add a dollop of tempera paint and let them mix the shaving cream and paint. smooth it on the surface and the kids can practice writing with their finger... of course that is only after they have gotten done smacking the paint and watching it fly everywhere.

This is a lot of fun for everyone, even older kids. The Little Man even loves to do his spelling words this way. And there is even a scientific reason this is so wonderful ... but that doesn't matter. Even if it didn't promote learning this is just too much fun not to do!

Splash of Color

No matter what it is that we are studying colors always make it more fun and more memorable.

Middle man is working hard to catch up to his big brother's reading level so we needed some fun new ways to approach the alphabet.

We took good quality paper made for watercolors, painters tape and lots of paint and had fun making letters that we later made into a word game -

This is very simple and fun. Use the painters tape to make letters. Then paint the entire sheet of paper. To make it fancier you can make little decides around the letters as well.



Once it is dry remove the tape and Tada!

Taste The Rainbow

We read "What Makes a Rainbow?" The Middle Man, The Wee Man and I. The Middle Man is at a stage where the more colorful something is the better. This has lead to Tye-dying and painting of course, but I decided to try and find some more unique takes on the color experiments.

We mixed food coloring and water using primary colors to make as many shades and colors as we could.

Here are some of the activities that the boys found the most entertaining;

Painted Bread

Need: Toast, Q-tips, milk, bowls, food coloring (Optional: vanilla extract, Cinnamon)

put a few drops of coloring in bowls of milk, i thought it would be fun too to add vanilla and cinnamon as the boys planned to eat their art work. They said it tasted good. I decided to take their word for it.

the kids used the Q-tips (a ton of them so make sure you have a lot) to put letters and make patterns on their toast

The next but of fun we had we made rainbow patterns in a bowl.

Stained Glass Milk
Need:
milk, soap, food coloring, glass, bowl, Q-Tips

We did several variations of this. We placed milk in a shallow glass container then a few drops of food coloring and dish soap. We changed up how much soap we added and how when. When the colors started mixing they made letters and pictures and swirls. And more swirls...and more until finally the milk left was almost a solid color.



And to finish off the week we are doing Colored Carnations:

Need Carnations (we are using White, Yellow and Light Pink), Water, and Food Coloring

add a TON of red, blue, and green dye to the water. Make sure to cut the stems at an angle, drop in flowers and wait. This takes a while and is best to leave over night.

The kids are very excited to see what they look like in the morning.