Today we read Rain Drop Plop! and then made umbrella art. First, we used droppers and liquid watercolors to drop colorful raindrops on our umbrellas. I cut the shapes on my Silhouette. The watercolors pool on the cardstock, but it creates a great opportunity to blot it up with coffee filters or paper towel. Later after the filters dried, we cut raindrop shapes out of them for our page.
Yes, we’re also saving our paper towels and reusing them for painting projects! I don’t recall where I read recently about a preschool making a collage or a wall hanging project with their paint soaked paper towels, but I loved that idea. Reusing and creating art!
Our beautiful springy pastel umbrellas and raindrops!
One little guy wanted me to fill the dropper for him. I would fill it for him and he figured out how to squeeze the paint out. Then he would give it back saying “More, more!”
The other 2-year old was doing this saying “Upside down, upside down, upside down….”
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We have this great story on CD. Sometimes is nice to listen to someone else read the story!
Wholesale Cute Umbrellas
Thursday 8th of May 2014
That is so cute, i really appreciate the idea.
sunnymama
Thursday 8th of March 2012
These are lovely! Such a good idea to decorate the umbrellas with raindrops. It would be great if you'd like to add this to our Spring Carnival. :)http://sunnydaytodaymama.blogspot.com/2012/02/all-year-round-blog-carnival-spring.html
Maro Oikonomou
Tuesday 6th of March 2012
Great idea!!! Thanks for sharing it with the weather linky party!
Amy A @ Child Central Station
Thursday 2nd of February 2012
Thanks for linking up to the We LOVE Paint linky party over at PreKandK Sharing!
artsy_momma
Sunday 17th of April 2011
Neat idea and so pretty!