While perusing my favorite blogs recently, I came across a must do art activity. Pink and Green Mama posted a fantastic art project using paint and tissue paper to recreate the flowering plant, Forsythia. I love to see Forsythia in the spring, and the thought of a classroom full of painted Forsythia sounded exciting! I decided to have my small art class give this project a try. We followed the directions listed on Pink and Green Mama's blog. Here is a link to the activity on her blog - Pink and Green Mama: Easy Kid Spring Art Craft: Tissue Paper Forsythia1. The kids used a straw to blow very watered down tempera paint into the shape of Forsythia branches.
3. Then the kids glued on crinkled pieces of yellow tissue paper to represent the Forsythia blooms.
4. Voila!! The finished Forsythia plants! Hang these in your home and it can look like springtime all year round!
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Great activity, we are going to have to try this one.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid my parents had two huge Forsythia bushes in our front yard and the flowering of these bushes always lifted my spirits. This activity reminds me of those thoughts. Fond memories of the past. Children need to know that they can help create memories of some of Gods natural creations.
ReplyDeleteblowing the paint, I know that will interest my children, thanks for the post! :)
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