Rainy days can be fun too! Mixing two primary
colors to make a secondary color helps young artists build vocabulary and skill
creating designs.
Materials:
Plastic cloth, coffee filters, red, yellow,
and blue food coloring, a small watercolor brush, clothespins (not the pinch
kind) or thin wire, and a container of water, pipe cleaners (optional)
What to do:
Cover the work area with the plastic cloth.
Pick a color and paint on a coffee filter. Pick a second color and continue to
paint on the coffee filter. Discuss what happens to the colors. Continue to
experiment with a third color and discuss what happens. Take the opportunity to
talk about “primary colors”(red, blue, yellow) and “secondary” (mixed colors).
After painting on several coffee filters, let them air dry before proceeding.
Once the filters are dry, choose one and
scrunch the middle together and place it inside a clothespin or wire. Fan out
the sides of the filter to make the wings of a butterfly. Cut the pipe cleaner in half and wrap that
around the knob of the clothespin for antennae. Use the other filters to make
more butterflies.
Books to share:
“Mouse Paint” by Ellen Stohl Walsh, “The Very
Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle, “Charlie the Caterpillar” by Dom Deluise,
and “Where Butterflies Grow” by Joanne Ryder.
Find more activities:
For more projects see the authors’ book “Learning Through the Seasons” online information at
http://www.grandparentsteachtoo.org/. Hear audio podcasts or our activities also online at WNMU Radio 90. 
Illustrations: Mark Nowicki
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