Water and Ice Play Date

Our trip to the Natural History Museum and Science Center

Painting with Dry Paint

When I was mixing powdered tempera paint for another art project the kids became interested in the process So I decided to let them do some mixing of their own I set out some small cups of dry powdered tempera paint with some spoons for spreading. (if you have small shakers they would work great) I let them explore the dry paint Mikey was really into it. he loved how fine the paint is. Its very soft like flour. Mikey mixed and rubbed the dry paint into the paper Kaia liked just using the spoons to move the paint around to get the colors exactly where she wanted them to be Once they were done I gave them spray bottles with plain water in them They then worked on spraying the dry paint, turning it into its wet form Kaia loved watching the paint change colors as it mixed and was pushed into other colors