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Blotter Bugs - KinderArt Littles, Preschool, Daycare and Early Childhood Education Activities and Lessons
BLOTTER BUGS [From: Color]
Written by: Andrea Mulder-Slater [Andrea is one of the creators of KinderArt®]
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Age: 2-5 years
Activity Summary:
Preschool students will learn that by mixing two primary colors they make the secondary colors.
What You Need:
•Tempera Paint (Red, Yellow, Blue)
•Newspapers
•5'x5' White construction paper
•12'x 18' Colored construction paper
•Paint Shirt
•Blotter Bug Handout - Click HERE for handout
•Scissors
•Glue
•Black Markers
•Crayons
What You Do:
Directions DAY 1:- Introduce (or review) the Primary Colors - Red, Yellow & Blue
- Talk about how by mixing colors you can get other colors
** Red + Yellow = Orange
** Blue + Yellow = Green
**Red + Blue = Violet - Have students get their supplies
- Hand out white paper; have students choose two primary colors that they want
- Have students put two drops of each color they chose on the white square paper
- Students then fold the white paper in half and rub the paint around
- Open the paper to discover what colors they made.
- Repeat with other colors and allow to dry overnight.
Directions DAY 2: - Have students cut out the shapes that were created by the paint mixing.
- Then have them glue all three bugs on a large sheet of colored construction paper.
- Then have the students fill in the "Blotter Bug" page with crayons (click here).
- Once the "blotter bug" handout has been done the students may then begin to decorate their bugs with black markers to look like bugs.
- At the end of the lesson the students will have a completed picture and will know how primarycolors make secondary colors. They will also remember what primaries make secondaries.
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