There's only one time of year you can get away with an invitation to make eyeballs... Halloween!
What you need:
- cotton pad rounds
- water
- food coloring or liquid watercolors
- pipettes
- paint palette
- muffin tins
- example eyeballs
- some type of tray or mat as it can get messy (we used the PlaSmart Messmatz)
How it works:
This is such a fun process art technique which we have used previously for Earth Day. I'm not quite sure how or why I came to the conclusion that it would work well with spooky eyeballs, but it sure was fun! I set out the materials and showed my kids an example of how to make a creepy eyeball using the colored water.
I hadn't even half finished my eyeball before both kids had their pipettes loaded and ready to drip onto their cotton rounds!
They loved how the colored water slowly seeped across the cotton rounds, it looked really quite freaky when in the context of eyeballs!
It was great to see their little hands working so hard to control their pipettes. For baby sis this activity was all about getting her hands on the colored water. She of course flooded her cotton rounds on several occasions and insisted on touching every color with her fingers. But you know what, it is all part of her learning! She benefitted just as much from the sensory exploration, even though her eyeballs might have looked more like solid balls of color at times!
Big bro had a blast creating the creepiest zombie style eyes! He experimented with how to control his pipette to avoid lots of liquid flowing out at one time. He also explored mixing and layering the colors.
All in all a pretty silly activity but it really did capture their imagination and they were so engaged. Their fine motor skills were worked hard, along with their sensory exploration. It would have been easy to save this activity to just do with 6 yr old big bro, but exposure to activities like this is so valuable for 2.5 yr old baby sis. It doesn't matter what she produces, it's all about the process!
- water
- food coloring or liquid watercolors
- pipettes
- paint palette
- muffin tins
- example eyeballs
- some type of tray or mat as it can get messy (we used the PlaSmart Messmatz)
How it works:
This is such a fun process art technique which we have used previously for Earth Day. I'm not quite sure how or why I came to the conclusion that it would work well with spooky eyeballs, but it sure was fun! I set out the materials and showed my kids an example of how to make a creepy eyeball using the colored water.
I hadn't even half finished my eyeball before both kids had their pipettes loaded and ready to drip onto their cotton rounds!
They loved how the colored water slowly seeped across the cotton rounds, it looked really quite freaky when in the context of eyeballs!
It was great to see their little hands working so hard to control their pipettes. For baby sis this activity was all about getting her hands on the colored water. She of course flooded her cotton rounds on several occasions and insisted on touching every color with her fingers. But you know what, it is all part of her learning! She benefitted just as much from the sensory exploration, even though her eyeballs might have looked more like solid balls of color at times!
Big bro had a blast creating the creepiest zombie style eyes! He experimented with how to control his pipette to avoid lots of liquid flowing out at one time. He also explored mixing and layering the colors.
All in all a pretty silly activity but it really did capture their imagination and they were so engaged. Their fine motor skills were worked hard, along with their sensory exploration. It would have been easy to save this activity to just do with 6 yr old big bro, but exposure to activities like this is so valuable for 2.5 yr old baby sis. It doesn't matter what she produces, it's all about the process!
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