Tie dye butterflies

I love coffee filter art projects! They are colorful,

age appropriate for even the youngest artist

and best of all they are cheap!

You can use washable markers and a spray

 bottle,dot painters, or as we did today

 you can use watercolor paints.

I like to buy the small coffee filters because

 my kiddos are preschoolers and the small ones

are just  right size to keep their interest.

I set out the filters that  I have pressed flat

on newspaper for easy cleanup.

I also set out washable watercolors,

( I prefer a good quality paint such as Crayola or Prang) 

cups of water and brushes. For the bodies I let the kids

 paint clothes pins. After the kids are done painting 

let the filters and the clothes pins dry.

Then gather up the filter and clip it into the clothespin.

 You now have a beautiful tie dyed butterfly.

 For added fun you can  help the kids
roll up the butterfly and 

 put it in a toilet paper roll "cocoon"!

This is a fun activity to go with

"The very hungry caterpillar" book. 

Supplies needed

coffee filters

wooden clothespins

washable watercolors

water cups and brushes

newspaper

toilet paper rolls

Flower power!

One of my favorite things to do is walk through

 the arts and craft isles at Micheal's.

I always find something to spark a new 

craft idea for my kiddos!  

This week I found these great textured brushes (by creatology). 

They looked like lots of fun, and sure enough my kids

 had a great time making flowers with them!

I put out shallow bowls of paint. I added  the textured brushes 

as well as some foam shaped circles blocks I  had found in Targets dollar bin. 

 I drew lots of stems on the paper and then let the kids add flowers.

They had lots of fun painting with their new brushes! 

Tomorrow I will add them to the easel center 

and see what the kids come up with on their own!

Supplies needed

textured brushes

shallow bowls for paint

washable tempera paint

construction paper

 A garden of Flowers

We are learning about spring this week in preschool. 

At the art table I put out  small bowls of paint and water bottles 

and told the kids they could paint a  garden with the water bottles. 

They thought it was so fun to dip water bottles in paint 

and stamp flowers with them. I added circle shaped sponges

( I found them with the tole painting supplies at Walmart). 

for the center of the flowers. When they were happy with their gardens I gave 

them a paint pot of green paint and let them add stems, leaves and grass. 

The gardens came out amazing. Each one a bit different.

 Each one  full of color and creativity!

Supplies needed

Butcher paper cut into the  length of  your choice. 

(ours were about 24"  long)

water bottles (we used 5 with 5 colors of paint)

small bowls for the paint and water bottles

circle shaped sponges

washable tempera paint.

paint pots and brushes.(for the green paint)