Happy Slowly Colorful Toddler Art: Icon Amongst Acorns

Growing upward on the East Coast Fall meant piles of leaves, acorns, as well as cool weather. In California where nosotros alive it is frequently HOT as well as even thence feels similar summertime when I am laid upward to set on warmer clothe as well as learn mash through some leaves.

We've been sharing several Fall themed activities over on Instagram using the #falltoddlerfun hashtag. I am @kristinatoddlerapproved if you lot desire to come upward follow along.

Last twelvemonth nosotros shared some acorn discover busy pocketbook activities. Last calendar week I industrial plant life our pocketbook of acorns that we'd used (fake ones from a local arts and crafts store) as well as nosotros pulled them out to play amongst them. We grabbed some pigment as well as ended upward icon amongst the acorns. It was AWESOME.

HERE'S HOW YOU PAINT WITH ACORNS:

MATERIALS NEEDED:

acorns
paper
washable paint
shoebox

DIRECTIONS FOR PAINTING WITH ACORNS:

Start yesteryear putting some pigment out on plates that is easily accessible. Have the kids dip an acorn into each color paint.

Place the colored acorns inwards a box filled amongst plainly white paper.

Close the lid of the shoebox as well as snuff it along it closed. Shake as well as milk shiver the box spell the colorful acorns gyre around inside.

Open the box as well as admire your beautiful work!

And REPEAT!

My kids loved doing this over again as well as again.

The procedure was the most of import business office of this activity. It didn't genuinely affair what the fine art genuinely looked similar at the end... though it was pretty!

As business office of this action nosotros focused on Color "friends." Since it is Friendship Week nosotros decided to verbalise almost how some colors are "friends" as well as they travel good together as well as brand pretty colors... as well as how some colors simply plough brown/black when they are mixed together.

Kids worked together to selection colors that looked good. Blue as well as yellow, yellowish as well as red, as well as bluish as well as ruby were both favorites. By mixing 2 colors together inwards the box I was able to instruct the kids how to brand light-green (with bluish as well as yellow), orangish (red as well as yellow), as well as royal (red as well as blue). Before nosotros started the kids would predict what color nosotros would halt upward with, as well as and thence we'd cheque to encounter if nosotros were correct at the end.

Making the box milk shiver similar crazy was the best business office of this activity. Watching the kids opened upward the box as well as learn excited almost their pretty creation was some other highlight!