Monster art

Today we read the the book "There was 

an old monster"! by Rebecca, Adrian & Ed Emberley. 

With so many of the kids talking about monsters under their bed

and in their closet I thought we would read books that 

showed silly monsters doing silly things! I wanted the kids to 

know that monsters are just pretend. After our story we 

made puffy paint monsters. The kids had such fun with 

this art activity. The puffy paint puffs up after 30

seconds in the microwave. (I found the recipe at happyholligans.ca)

They were so intrigued when we put the monster in the microwave

 with what appeared to be just paint and they came out all puffy!

 I loved that the paint dried so quickly as other puffy paint takes 

quite a while to dry. The paint needs to be put on in blobs to puff up. 

I had the kids use a brush to dab the paint rather than spread it. 

The recipe was so simple. 1 Tbsp of self rising flour.( You can make 

your own self rising flour. Its one cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder). 1 Tbsp salt, a bit of water and I used 

food coloring gel. Mix it until it's the consistency of yogurt. I cut 

the monsters out of card stock so they would hold up to the puffy paint. 

After they came out of the microwave the kids added wiggly eyes and teeth. 

We had the cutest school of little monsters!

Supplies needed

pre cut monsters

puffy paint

brushes

wiggly eye

white glue