M really likes painting, coloring, and experimenting with paint, so the other day I set up an activity that cost me close to nothing and that turned out really successful.
We made home-made watercolors. We had never tried it before and it was really simple. First, I gave M a dropper full of water and a plastic egg box. She experimented with the dropper a little bit, then accepted my help. We would otherwise have had way too much water in each hole.
We then added a little bit of cinnamon, orange and green food coloring, turmeric, and curry, and we had nice watercolors to paint with!
Those colors look lovely! We have done painting with spices, but it's difficult to get a good range of colors. We had fun over the past several weeks making watercolors with things we collected outdoors - I made a lovely pink with pokeberries (very carefully since they're poisonous), and a brown from acorns. I keep meaning to collect things that will produce other colors. I'll have to try that soon!
ResponderEliminarHey, I just come from the garden and, copying your idea, I guess we could try and make pistachio green watercolor with the dust our big fir tree is giving off. Many thanks for the inspiration. So much I have been complaining about this dust!!!
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