This painting activity was a big success as the children enjoyed the colors, smells, and texture…
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The paint mixture included a little bit of corn syrup, some white paint, and a variety of flavored Kool-Aid which added smell and color.
The children were given a large sheet of white easel paper to paint on that had little tracing of objects they were exploring for the week. Â It is certainly just as good to allow for just free painting as well but the children did seem to like painting each of the tracings.
The paint mixture leaves a shiny finish and the paint glides on smoothly.
After a bit, many of the children decided they wanted to try mixing the colors on their canvas as well.
There is something about watching children paint that I just love to observe. I like to see what captures their interest the most and in this case, it was the mixing of the colors. The children enjoyed swirling around the colors on their canvas.