Our New Lanterns

We have been sprucing up our book corner with some new lanterns ...

We dipped long lengths of string into PVA glue and wrapped them around balloons 

Once dry, we painted the balloons

We popped the balloons and hung them from our light in book corner 

Easy peasy! :) 

Printing

We have been creating abstract art using printing techniques... and enjoying an excuse to cover our hands in paint and feel it squishing through our fingers!

We dipped our fingers in thick, brightly coloured paint...

Painted all sorts of lines and dots straight onto the table top...

Lay paper over the top and gently smoothed...

Hey presto! We have created an abstract art print.

See Your Own Song

Over the year we have read many Eric Carle books and so to celebrate his birthday this Friday we decided to do some texture painting Eric Carle style. We got out the cotton buds, sponges, paint brushes, toothbrushes, textured rolling pins, leaves, carpet squares, corrugated board, bubble wrap, duplo etc and of course paint in our favourite colours and got to work.

We then watched this video on YouTube of Eric Carle's book I See A Song.

Inspired, We put on some classical music and started creating our own 'songs' in collage. 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I see a song, I paint music, I hear colour.

I touch the rainbow, and the deep spring in the ground.

My music talks, my colours dance.

Come, listen and let your imagination

See your own song. 

- I See A Song by Eric Carle


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