Color Wheel Matching Game (Art is all around us!)

Color Wheel Matching Game: First, we looked at and talked about the color wheel.





We played this game outside: 

Yellow!!!

• One student rolls a color die.
• The student chooses a friend and both kids look for a hidden item in the corresponding color.
• After locating the item, the players will place/match their object to a colored paper in the same color (representing one color of the wheel).

Matching the item to the color wheel

Looking for the hidden items

 

While playing this game, we focused on staying with a partner.

 

Art Project “Watercolor Paintings”: We worked with a partner. First we mixed some primary colors to make green, purple and orange and talked about the color wheel again. Then, we used brushes to apply watercolors to watercolor paper. The paper was primed with rubber cement. It was a big surprise to see that the parts of the paper that were covered with rubber cement stayed white. We also explored another technique, namely sprinkling salt on the watercolors.

Water Balloon Canvas Painting (Art is all around us!)

Water Balloon Canvas Painting

We had an absolute blast painting on canvas with the help of water balloons.

Choosing a Color

Preparing the Canvas

 First, we took turns dripping paint on a canvas. The canvas with paint was then placed at the end of the field. We partnered up and carried a tray with two water balloons across the field and then tossed the balloons on the canvas with paint. We used water balloons filled with water and some were filled with diluted paint.

Choosing a Water Balloon

Some tips to make this activity successful:

• It's messy fun so make sure to do the activity outside and cover a generous area with tarps.
• Make sure blobs of paint are evenly applied onto the canvas. Use different colors.
• Don't let the canvas get to wet since the  paint will run off before drying.
• If you want to hang up the art work, make sure to seal it with an archival spray beforehand so the washable tempera paint does not come off, crack or yellow over time. 

Some ideas to promote social communication:

• Let students discuss what colors to drip on the canvas.
• Let students negotiate who is throwing the water balloon first after carrying the tray with the water balloons across the field.
•  Gather students around the canvas and talk about the created art piece, e.g., what they like about it.

Paste Paper (Art is all around us!)

Music Time “Color Wheel Greeting Game”: We danced around when the music played. When the music stopped, we found and stood on a laminated paper representing a color of the color wheel. The colored papers on the floor were arranged in a big circle. When standing in the circle, we greeted our friends in different ways (e.g., shake hands, high 5s, trading places with a friend).

Art Project “Paste Paper”: We worked with a partner and used pre-made paste (cooked cornstarch and water, see recipe below) to create paste paper together. First, we added some paint to the paste to dye the paste. Then, we applied the colored paste across the paper (heavier paper works better) with a brush and after applying the paste created patterns with different tools (e.g., chopsticks, forks, fingers).

Paste Recipe (to be prepared beforehand by an adult): Mix one cup of cornstarch in 1 cup cold water. Boil 7 cups of water in a large pan. After the water is boiling remove the pan from the stove and add the cornstarch mix. While combining the cornstarch mix with the hot water, mix it with an electric beater to prevent lumps from forming in the paste. Beat the paste for approximately  a minute to make sure all the starch is mixed. The consistency will be like heavy syrup. Store the paste in a container, covered with a lid. Let it cool overnight, water can be added as needed if the paste is to stiff.

Color Mixing Obstacle Course (Art is all around us!)

We were so happy to be back. We missed each other during the Clubhouse break.

Since it was a gorgeous, sunny day today, we went outside and engaged in one of our favorite activities, namely going through an obstacle course with a friend. Since this time around the Clubhouse theme is "Art is all around us," we experimented with color mixing and talked about the color wheel:

  
Obstacle Course “Color Mixing”: We chose a partner and then carried a tray with two yogurt cups that we first filled with blue (red) diluted paint through an obstacle course. At the end of the course, we poured the cups into a bottle that was filled half way with yellow diluted paint and watched the color change. We observed how blue and yellow turned into green and red and yellow into orange.

Collaborative Art Project “Contact Paper Collage”: Collages are very well suited for collaborative art projects. We all worked together and covered a sheet of contact paper with different art materials such as scrap papers, glitter and glitter glue.

ART IS ALL AROUND US!!!