Pop-up Paper Zoo
And she even made her own animal shape. I tried to pin her down (in the most open-ended way possible) on a name or type of animal, but she kept me guessing. I think it was just a shape, but…
Category Pre-School
Painting with Straws in Preschool
Make gorgeous drips and swirling designs by painting with straws. This is a wonderful preschool art activity, but fun for all ages. Materials: Straw Blown Painting Watercolor paper or card stock — we used 8.5 x 11 card stock from…
Playful Learning Blog Tour: Mail Center
The morning that the book arrived, N was busy putting together a care package for her uncle who recently moved to a new town. After wrapping up a painting and some home-baked cookies, we waited patiently in line to ship…
“E” is for Experiment
My bloggy friend Deborah over at Teach Preschool just reached her 20,000th Facebook fan. Can you imagine? TWENTY-THOUSAND! She’s awesome in so many ways, and is especially extraordinary in that she runs a preschool and also finds/makes/squirrels away time to tweet/facebook/blog and…
Spiral Watercolor Streamer
To get started I set up watercolor paper cut into circle shapes, watercolor paint, brushes, and water. After the paintings dried I cut them into spiral shapes, pierced a small hole in the center of each one, and then tied a…
Shaving Cream and Food Coloring
