Beautiful Blue

The strangest materials will sometimes inspire us to create random art. One day, when pulling the popsicle sticks from an old glue pot, one of those unexpected "aha moments" happened, and the children were excited for an opportunity ...

To play.

To explore.

To observe.

To create.

Glue pot leftovers, on cardstock.

Various shades of blue were set out, and there were lots of questions about what was expected. We answered with our usual, "What do you want to do?"  They painted, and noted the different shades as it was applied. 

Once dried, various shades of blue yarn, pencil crayons and oil pastels were left out to inspire creativity. They took the bait!

Fine motor skills were exercised as they wrapped the yarn around the popsicle sticks, and stretched the material across the work of art.

Voila! I hesitate to say that this is the final product. Once it is up on the wall, the children may have more ideas as to how they can embellish their creative piece titled, "Beautiful Blue".

Thanks for dropping by the atelier!