Snowflake Study with art project

Today we did a a study on snowflakes since it was snowing out!  

We read the books The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino

Then, we read the book The Tomten and the Fox by Astrid Lindgren

For the art project you need:    a sheet of water color paper

                                               water colors

                                               black crayon

                                               kosher salt, or some kind of course salt

He asked me if I could draw the picture for him, so I did.  You will want to draw it in black crayon.  

Once it is drawn, have them start painting.

When they get to the background of the picture, they are going to want to make sure, that there is enough water in their paint on the paper.  

Before it dries, make sure you sprinkle salt on the water colors.  We did this as he was painting instead of waiting until the end.

Let the picture dry.

After it dries, you can dust off the salt.  Some of the crystals will be left behind, but it will just add to the snow scene in the background!

Blessings!!

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Making the American Flag-Art project

In history we were studying Betsy Ross so I came up with this art project for him.  

First, you use masking tape mark to mark the the strips of the flag and the corner.  I had him use a white crayon to make stars in the corner.  Then I had him paint the strips.

He got a little crazy with his blue as you can see!

As you paint with the watercolors, the stars will shine through!

Finished product!

Blessings!!

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Moon Artwork

This week we are going to be working our way through the solar system.  Today we started at the moon.  Here is one of the crafts we did:

Materials

white paint
black piece of construction paper
bowl
flour
star stickers

First you trace the bowl onto the center of your construction paper

 Then you will put some white paint in a container and mix the flour in it until it is thick and gloppy.  Then they paint inside the circle!

 Completed!

 Next, I had Conner take the end of another paint brush and make craters with it.

 Then I found these pictures to show how we landed on the moon.  They can be found here:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/support-files/moonlanding_color.pdf

Then I had him add stars all the way around!

The perfect moon!

Blessings!