Art

Today we had art. Mr. Wheels painted and Kit made a maple leaf stamp from clay. We were to make a ball of clay, flatten it out, then then press leaf to it. Next Kit used a toothpick to make the indentations more pronounced. She then put the clay into some paint and stamped it to paper. At first we were not very successful that is because we started with play-doe instead of clay. After we used clay it worked a lot better. I was really proud of how Kit handled the failure she actually became a scientist about it. She did experiments to see you how to make the best print. She counted sometimes to see if leaving it longer or shorter would make a better print. She also painted on the paint instead of stamping it into the paint to see if that would make a better print. In the end she was able to have two good prints. Mr. Wheels loves to paint . He gets his apron on and he uses his paint brush to smear paint all over the paper. He has his own easel, he looks so cute. Since Kit was making stamps I let Mr. Wheels use stamps too. We had jungle stamps, I would hold it, he painted on the paint, and then I let him stamp it on the paper. Most of the time it was just a big smear on the paper when he was finished. He didn't care he was doing the same thing as his sister and he loved it.

Mr. Wheels Painting

Kit above with her clay down for the print. Below are 2 prints. The left is one of her first, the right is one of the last.