Rain Drops & Umbrellas {Drop, Then Blot}

Today we read Rain Drop Plop! and then made umbrella art. First we used droppers and liquid watercolors to drop colorful raindrops on our umbrellas {shapes cut on the Silhouette}. The watercolors pool on the cardstock, but it creates a great opportunity to blot it up with coffee filters. Later after the filters dried, we cut raindrop shapes out of them for our page.

{Yes, we’re also saving our paper towels and reusing them for painting projects! I don’t recall where I read recently about a preschool making a collage or a wall hanging project with their paint soaked paper towels, but I loved that idea. Reusing and creating art!}
Our beautiful springy pastel umbrellas and raindrops!This little guy wanted me to fill the dropper for him. I would fill it for him and he figured out how to squeeze the paint out. Then he would give it back saying “More, more!” 

The other 2-year old was doing this saying “Upside down, upside down, upside down….”

Raindrop, Plop!

We have this great story on CD. Sometimes is nice to listen to someone else read the story!

http://www.prekandksharing.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-love-paint.html