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Weather Art
Contact_FullName: Rene Contact_Email: renewaz@yahoo.com Area: Clouds-Art Idea: Make basic cloud with cotton balls on paper, then glue various color blue streamers as rain to it. Easy and nice 8-15-00For our weather bulletin board we made cloud shapes and then finger painted them gray. Then we added some silver glitter. We put those on the top, then made finger painted umbrellas for under the clouds. We put mud puddles (brown construction paper or painted brown) and little ducks in the puddles at the bottom. It was too cute for words.
7-10-00First read to the kids the book It Looks Like Spilled Milk. Then give each child a piece of dark blue construction paper. On the construction paper put a blob Of white paint on the center of the paper; then fold the paper; then open up the paper; and inside will be a design. Ask each child what his or her design looks like. You will get some very interesting answers.
4-18-00Mix paint to a thin consistency and pour into glue bottles or other containers which have a small hole and can be squeezed by the child. Cover the wall and surrounding area with newspaper. Lay the child's paper on the table. Demonstrate the blow-dryer by blowing leaves or paper across the table on the low setting. Switch to high and drip paint in front of the "wind". It is fun to watch the wind blow the paint across the page. The resulting pictures are beautiful to look at and stimulate lots of conversation.
4-12-00Our class loves to make windsocks. We take colored sandwich bags and let each child choose a color. Then they cut the bottoms off of the bag. Then the children decorate the bags with markers, sequins, buttons, etc. After their bag is decorated, two holes are punched in the tops and yarn or string is placed in the holes to make a hanger for the windsock. Then have the children glue, staple, or tape streamers to the opposite end of their windsock. When it is all dry, you can hang them in your room or outside your class window so the children can watch their windsocks blow in the breeze.
4-12-00Simple Clouds: Cut a cloud shape from white card, then cover with glue. Stick on pieces of white cotton wool. Makes lovely fluffy clouds.
Date: 3-30-00Wind chimes. Take purple strips of construction paper. have the children sponge paint it, After it dries staple it together and glue on different colored streamers. When you hang these outside the children love to see their artwork, blowing in the wind!
Date: 3-12-00During our weather theme I played a section of my rainforest CD in which we could hear a rain storm. It starts off with just a pitter patter of rain and leads to thunder and a down pour of rain. While we listened to this I gave the children a piece of paper and markers and they drew weather pictures. We talked a lot about what we were hearing and drawing throughout this activity. I must admit that I wasn't sure how this activity would go over with my group, but they really surprised me! There was a lot of enthusiasm and lots of questions. They're pictures were quite incredible!
Date: 3-8-00Cut out umbrella's using either diff. colored paper or wallpaper scraps. Let the children pick their own umbrella glue it to their paper and rain down blue rice. Dye rice using alcohol & food coloring. Use diluted glue & paint brushes.
Date: 3-8-00Rain makes mud. Let the children paint with mud. Mix the mud with a little glue to keep it from cracking when it dries. Cut out shapes of children to glue to the paper also.
Date: 2-29-00Finger paint with whipped cream on a piece of blue construction paper. When it is dry, it will look like a big, puffy, white cloud.
Date: 2-29-00Make Rainbow Glue! Color six bottles of white school glue in six different colors. Using ordinary food coloring, add about 20 to 30 drops, mixing for the appropriate colors. The food coloring will take about 24 hours to dissipate into the glue. Be patient. The children love to make swirly, twirly designs with it. Let them go wild!
Date: 2-26-00"IT LOOKS LIKE SPILLED MILK" *take a piece of sky blue, dk blue or purple construction paper that has been
folded in half *let the children use a small squeeze bottle or spoon and put
drops of white tempera on one side of the midline of the paper *have children
fold paper in half again and rub *open the paper and decide what the design
looks like, write "It looks like...a flower" or whatever is decided, on the
bottom.
Date: 2-9-00(Puffy Clouds) Mix Elmer's glue and shaving cream together, let children fingerpaint onto paper then cut out cloud shapes it leaves a puffy paint effect.
Date: 1-17-00When we talk about stormy days, we make a rain collage--On a blue piece of construction paper, we glue cotton balls for clouds, silver tinsel for lightning, blue paper cut out rain drops and foil circles from puddles. The kids love to make these collages--they are easy and no matter how they are put together, they look like a stormy day! Date: 1-9-00This activity is to show wind as a weather art. You will need crayons, white construction paper,and blue and white paint. Have the children draw a picture on a sheet of construction paper, such as their home, the park, themselves outside. Using light blue paint (white and blue mixed)drop some paint on the top of the art work. Using a straw have the child blow the paint across the top of the art work ( it works best when the page is turned on its. This shows the pattern of the wind in its natural environment. Date: 1-9-00Weather Art You will need a paint set (tray) white construction paper, small bowl of water, a pencil or crayon, fingers and thumbs! Have the children wet their finger or thumb in the water bowl, place the wet finger or thumb in the paint tray, then firmly place it on the white construction paper.This will leave a finger inprint on the paper. Use different colors in random patterns.Do not let the prints overlay or touch each other. When you are finished, take the pencil or crayon and draw a scriggly line from each print, you now have balloons floating in air! You can add scenery before or after doing this project to emphasize wind, wind direction, etc. Eg. have all the balloons going one way! |
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