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Coisinhas Fofinhas 2 - Marie

Coisinhas Fofinhas

PLANT DYE PAINTS

Objectives:

Students will learn that plants are a source of natural dyes and paints.

This is a good lesson to show how pioneers or early civilizations may have used plant dyes to color cloth.

What You Need:

• crock pots
• beets
• spinach or kale
• black walnuts in the shell
• dry onion skins
• paint brushes
• paper

What You Do:

1. Discuss with the students that before we had synthetic dyes, people had to make their own paints and dyes using plants and other resources available. Show the students the nuts and vegetables you have and ask how the pioneers may have used these materials.
2. The night before the painting lesson, place beets, spinach or kale, walnuts, and onion skins in separate crock pots with enough water to barely cover them. Cook all night. The following morning, the water in each of these pots should have turned into natural dyes. The beet water will be magenta, the onion water will be amber, the spinach or kale water will be a light green and the black walnut water will be brown.
3. Pour a small amount of paint into bowls and ask students to smell them. Discuss which vegetable made which paint.
4. Provide brushes and paper (plain or coloring pages) and permit students to paint using the natural dyes.
5. After the painting experience, ask students what other natural materials might make dyes the pioneers could have used. Experiment with student suggestions.

Note: If black walnuts are not available, VERY STRONG coffee or tea makes an adequate brown dye. Berries can also be used to make colorful dyes. Currently, red dye is commonly made from a parasite that lives on cacti.

© Kim Swanger & KinderArt®

Bean Mosaics

BEAN MOSAICS

Subject: Art

Age: 4-12

by Kimberly Jensen

Objectives:

• Students will learn about mosaic techniques.

What You Need:

• glue
• paintbrushes
• cardboard or any sturdy backing
• dry beans (kidney, black beans, peas, lentils etc.) of different colors and sizes
• pencils

What You Do:

1. Draw a simple shape or figure on the cardboard. Keep the details down to a minimum. Simple is good for this project.

2. Paint glue in a small portion of the design. Note: Do not use too much glue if your cardboard is not sturdy. It will curl.

3. Place beans of different colors in the portion with glue.

4. Repeat for the entire picture.

5. The result is quite beautiful and the students will have a piece of art they are proud to display.

Background:

Mosaics are made of tiny colored pieces of stone, pottery, glass or other materials, arranged together and set in plaster or cement to make patterns and images. They can be used to decorate a floor, a wall or in some cases a ceiling. Mosaics have a long history. They were created in Ancient times in Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Rome. When the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum (which were buried under lava when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79) were rediscovered, many wonderful mosaics were found.

Ask your students to imagine, making a mosaic using over one million pieces of glass - all hand cut, and placed into wet plaster to create a large pattern for their entry hall! It is a project that would take months and in some cases even many years to complete.

For several centuries, interest in the making of mosaics declined. It wasn't until the 19th century, when architects started to look at old ideas for new inspirations, that the interest once again returned and mosaics began popping up in public buildings and private homes.

© KinderArt®

LEAF PEOPLE


From KinderArt.Com

Items to Recycle: (leaves, twigs)

What You Need:

• Leaves (all shapes, all sizes, all colors).
• Small twigs.
• Glue.
• Scissors.
• Construction paper (diffferent colors).

What You Do:

1. Have a look at a small pile of leaves to see if their shapes suggest heads, arms, bodies etc.
2. Choose some leaves that resemble people parts and glue the shapes down on construction paper. You may need to do some cutting and rearranging to come up with a pleasing shape.
3. If you have the leaves (and the time) you could create a huge leaf person by drawing out a body shape and gluing leaves all over to fill in the shape.
4. You can use twigs and construction paper scraps to add details to your leaf person.

Slippery Snake Cake

From FamilyFun Magazine

Ingredients:

• 2 baked ring or Bundt cakes
• 5 cups green frosting
• 2 blue gum balls

• Red Fruit by the Foot, cut into the shape of a snake's tongue
• Yellow round candies, such as M&M's, Necco wafers or nonpareil mints

Instructions

• Cut the rings in half and arrange them in a slithery pattern, frosting them together

• Carve a little cake off the sides of the nose, then frost the entire snake.
• Add the gum ball eyes and the Fruit by the Foot tongue. Decorate the rest of the body with yellow candy spots.

Preschool Snake Crafts

Slithering Snakewich

from Better Homes and Gardens!

Ingredients

• 1 16-ounce loaf frozen bread dough, thawed
• 4 ounces sliced mozzarella cheese, diagonally cut in half
• 4 ounces sliced cheddar cheese, diagonally cut in half
• 1 3.5-ounce package sliced pepperoni
• 1 8-ounce can pizza sauce
• 1/2 cup red, green, and/or yellow sweet pepper strips
• 1 strip roasted red sweet pepper
• 2 pimiento-stuffed olives

Directions

1. Place thawed bread dough on a lightly floured surface. Roll into a 22-inch long rope. Place on a large greased baking sheet forming a "snaky S" shape. Let rise in a warm place for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until double in size. Bake in a 350F oven for 20 minutes or until lightly browned and bread sounds hollow when lightly tapped. Remove from baking sheet to a wire rack. Cool to room temperature.

2. Hollow out the center portion of the loaf about 1-inch deep and 1-1/2-inches wide, leaving about 2-inches on each end of the loaf. Layer cheeses down the center of loaf, pressing cheese slices down into the hollowed portion of the loaf. In a medium bowl, stir together the pepperoni and pizza sauce. Spoon atop the cheese. Top with the strips of sweet pepper. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake in 350F oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted.

3. Make a slit in the front of the loaf and insert a roasted red pepper strip for a tongue; insert two pimento stuffed olives with toothpicks for eyes. Makes 8 servings.