Blow Painting

We did a very simple blow painting activity on Friday.  Albie and H were very excited, they said it was like "real art attack"!


We used liquid water colour paints for this activity which worked really well, the children had great fun blowing their paint across the paper.  Albie figured out he could dab and scrape his straw across the paper to give a very different effect which also worked well.  I figured out that if you put your straw very close to the paper and blow very gently the paint bubbles up, I managed to blow some quite large bubbles before the popped with a splat, also creating a great effect on the paper.


The finished paintings were lovely.

However, a word of warning, if you choose to recreate this activity at home and attempt the bubble blowing and popping method, this can happen........

Butterfly crafts

We have been learning all about the lifecycle of a butterfly over the last few weeks.  As such we have made some lovely butterfly crafts.

The children painted some card butterfly templates - I showed them how to paint one side and fold it over to make the pattern symmetrical - some of the children chose to use that method and others chose to just paint it all - they were all beautiful!

Today J and M made a simple butterfly.  First they coloured a wooden peg with Sharpie markers (I attached the peg to a piece of cardboard to make it easier for the children to hold and colour in) - just look at the concentration on their faces!

Then very carefully we painted a piece of kitchen roll with our (home made) watercolour paints, taking lots of care not to rip the paper.

We added goggly eyes to our pegs and once the paper was dry scrunched it up to make wings - ta da, two lovely butterflies!

Drawing Castles

As it was a rainy morning we decided to have a break from parks, and go to the cinema for a Friday treat, however we had a few hours to kill, so I got one of the children's craft books out.  H chose his activity - making a knight themed wall hanging decoration.  And then he told me he couldn't do it!  So I showed him how....


I drew a castle, and with each line I drew on the paper H copied mine.  Eventually H had a great looking castle!

We both then drew a sword with H copying mine.

Then we drew a shield.

H then painted his pictures using watercolour paints, something he hadn't used before.

Here is H's finished piece of art, I love the watercolours, and I think his drawings are fantastic!  He was very proud of his masterpiece!

The painted shield.

The painted sword.

The painted castle.