Hey y’all!
Welcome to the last day of….
Take It Outside!
I love any kind of activity that can be taken outside, but I especially enjoy art outside. I have had the privilege of teaching a number of programs outside, from summer day camps to preschool in the park, it is a joy to share the beauty of nature with children.
Colour diffusing is fun because it requires few supplies and can use the natural elements.
I bring our colour diffusing supplies along on every camping trip we take and have used this technique in a number of the programs that I teach.
Last year I found this fun colour diffusing paper at Michaels in the clearance bins. We used it all up and I had a tough time finding more this spring. I finally ordered a number of different themed, shaped packages directly from Roylco. The cool thing about this activity though is that paper coffee filters work just as well!
I had the children colour each shape using Crayola markers.
This patterned leaf is my attempt at colour diffusing.
The kids then dip them in water {or spray them with a waterbottle or run them under a tap}.
Pretty details. Thank you so much for joining us this week! I hope that you have been inspired to Take It Outside!
The paper just needs to briefly go under water ~ here it’s in the river near our campsite. The longer that it is submersed in water, the more diffused the colours will be.
We laid the paper out to dry {this one is still wet}.
Once dry the colours appear well blended. Sometimes the boys will colour over their image and dip it in water again to try out a new effect. Cool right?!
This looks great!