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Fall Foliage Mobile

This fall foliage mobile is a beautiful seasonal art project to do with the kids in your care! They’ll love the process art that comes along with mixing paint and shaving cream, and seeing that every leaf comes out different! This is also a great opportunity to get the kids moving by taking them on a scavenger hunt outside to find the sticks needed for the project!

Materials:

  • Shaving Cream
  • Tempera Paint (fall colors)
  • Assorted leaf die-cuts
  • String
  • Stick or Small Branch
  • Paper Plate
  • Spoon
  • Stirrer

Directions:

  • Cut shapes of leaves using die-cuts on cardstock paper or cardboard.
  • Spray medium amount of shaving cream onto paper plate and smooth out with spoon.

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  • Put a few droplets of each color onto the shaving cream.

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  • Swirl the droplets around with a stirrer or toothpick.

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  • Place one leaf face down onto the paint and cream. Make sure to press down all edges.

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  • Slowly remove the paper from the cream, use your nails or the stirrer to help pick it up.
  • Scrape off the excess shaving cream with the edge of another piece of paper.

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  • Repeat steps by spraying more shaving cream on top of the paint and adding more paint. You should be able to get 2 or 3 leaves out of each layer.
  • Let leaves dry for 1 hour.
  • Once dry, cut strings for each leaf to different lengths
  • Tie string around the stem of your leaves

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  • Attach each string to a branch or stick.
  • Hang your branch or stick for decoration!

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End of Year Wearable Art

This is an adorable idea to end the school year! All you need is a white shirt, dress, skirt, etc., fabric markers, color protectant, and some kids who are ready to illustrate! You will literally be wearing your heart on your sleeves!

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Art Activity: Glowing Campfire

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Materials for Glowing Campfire Craft

Directions for Glowing Campfire Craft

1. Work on fine motor skills by cutting your tissue paper up into little squares.

2. Scrunch up a piece of tissue paper and glue it to the outside of a clear, plastic cup.

3. Continue until the entire cup is covered.

4. As your tissue paper is drying, make a marshmallow roasting stick by gluing a cotton ball onto the end of a twig or thin craft stick.

5. Add some logs to your campfire by cutting strips of brown construction paper. Use a brown marker or crayon to add some details to your logs.

Now it’s time to set up your campfire! Start by setting up your logs. Place your LED tea light on top the logs and then put your tissue paper cup over the light.

Go somewhere dark and watch it glow. It looks just like a real campfire!

This is a great activity to talk about summer activities like camping, the importance of fire safety, and could even be used as a nightlight!

 

Art/Science Activity: Color Changing Carnations

Working on a spring/science unit in your classroom or home? This is the perfect activity for teaching children about plant life and the need for water. It also makes some pretty awesome looking flowers!

You will need:

  • White Carnations or any other white flower will work (4 or 5)
  • Food Coloring
  • Water
  • Small vials or mason jars

Begin by filling your containers with water and food coloring. Place one flower in each container. Don’t forget to make a hypothesis about what will happen when the flower stems are placed in the colored water! Let the flowers sit overnight and observe again the next day. You will most likely find that some of the color in the water has spread to the petals of the flowers! This is a great spring activity that your children are sure to love! See some results below!

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