Spin art

This week's sensory art was dizzying. We handed out plates and wrote our names on the back. I let the kids choose a stencil and they traced them on the center front. Then we handed the supplies back to the front and passed out the scissors. We snipped the plates towards the center all the way around, so that we could fit the plates into the salad spinner and capture the paint for maximum coverage. 

One by one, we put our plates into the salad spinner, spooned a primary color onto the plate, closed the lid, and let it rip! We repeated two more times with the other primary colors. Red, yellow, and blue turned into a full spectrum of color! We had a smaller group than normal, so each kid had a chance to make 2 plates!

It's Spring!

As of 12:57 pm yesterday we are officially in Spring! Even though we had several inches ow snow fall on Monday, it is nice to know that warmer weather is soon around the corner.

 To celebrate I planned a 'Seasons' art project for my group today. Here are the masterpieces!

We started with a printout of four trees that I made. I do minimal preparation with materials, so the kids have as many opportunities to practice their fine motor skills, as well as follow instructions. The spring trees were decorated with tissues paper squares that were crumpled into small balls, summer trees with green construction paper that was pinched and torn into small pieces, fall trees had strips of scrapbooking paper prepared with cut marks on the back for them, winter trees with cotton balls and optional glitter. We used both glue sticks and white glue to adhere the materials to the tree.