Raided my recycle bin at home and the basket in the classroom this morning. My littles are pretty good about recycling at school so they were very interested in knowing why I was retrieving things from their bin. They were excited when they found out we were going to use all of the "junk" to create paintings. I showed them how to dip the items in paint and press it on paper. Some things made a better print if they painted the object with a paintbrush and then pressed it on the paper. One little painted the entire salt container and then rolled it down his paper. The results were cute and the process itself was a huge hit. The art table was the most popular place in the room today.
Raided my recycle bin at home and the basket in the classroom this morning. My littles are pretty good about recycling at school so they were very interested in knowing why I was retrieving things from their bin. They were excited when they found out we were going to use all of the "junk" to create paintings. I showed them how to dip the items in paint and press it on paper. Some things made a better print if they painted the object with a paintbrush and then pressed it on the paper. One little painted the entire salt container and then rolled it down his paper. The results were cute and the process itself was a huge hit. The art table was the most popular place in the room today.
7 comments:
Awesome idea - I hadn't thought of that!
This is what preschool art should be about. In fact, I'm starting to believe this is what all art should be about!
It's all about the process! Painting with kitchen implements (think potato masher) is fun, too!
oh cool, we're on letter Rr this week!
Yes, Ayn, I agree! I just found cool silicone kitchen brushes (for brushing oil, etc on food) in the dollar section at Target. There were 2 in each package and I couldn't pass them up for only 50 cents each!
Not only do I LOVE messy projects, I am obsessed with recycling. I had a student stop his mom from putting some items in their recycling can at home and said, "Wait! Don't throw that out! We can use that at school and make something out of it.". :)
Jessi, Doesn't that just make your day as a teacher?!
Post a Comment