They covered several large pieces of white paper with the prints until there was no paper left showing through. They added a few large circle prints on top using a cardboard tube, to create big bubbles too.
Then C requested to do hand prints, as always, so we used some green paint to make hand print sea-weed and some pink to make some little fish.
Pop enjoyed swishing her hands and fingers in the paint and finger painting, printing and general mess-making!
C filled sheet after sheet with her green and pink hand prints. I think she would do this activity all day every day if she could!
When they were all dry I cut around them and together we stuck the green ones onto the sea scape to make the sea weed. Then C placed all the little fish on and added googly eyes to finish them off!
- creative: learning how to lift prints from found materials, layering, range of mixed media, colour mixing
- numeracy: sing 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a Fish Alive!, count the fish/ sea weed, talk about shapes
- sensory: explore the feeling of cold wet paint between fingers, sticking
- motor skills: fine motor control placing small items and using tools, steadily print and lift with bubble wrap
- phse: work together on a collaborative project, sustain interest and involvement in a project over a number of days/ sessions
I love your multi sensory projects. Will post on my facebook page…..the Recycling Occupational Therapist 🙂
Thanks Barb! Will look out for your page!
I love it! I love how you make the hand prints little jellyfish. My son is suddenly into jellyfish for some reason, so we will have to try this. ; )
I love all the mixes of art! So many ideas in one – I bet the girls loved doing each one and then seeing them all come together!
Wonderful idea! Great to find out another play for bubble wraps besides popping them. We’re going to get messy with paint! My kid loves it!
Ah what a beautiful collage! I love every single part of it!!! Love the bubble wrap (of course perfect for water) as well as the handprint fish and seaweed. Perfect 🙂
Thank you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
What a beauty of an animal & children at play – activity! I really love the idea of the bubble paper, the hand prints, accessible for all ages..
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Lovely greetings,
Angelique & the WAD organisation
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(http://www.angeliquefelix.com/blog/world-animal-day-2011-bloghop)