Painted Snow

I figured that while the snow was around we would make the most of it!  The crew love to paint so I came up with the idea of painting snow!  A little research on the web led me to this page from the excellent blog Housing a Forest. 

Here is our attempt at painting snow!

First I supplied each of the girls with a muffin tin/cases filled with red, blue and yellow water (and LOTS of food coloring). I also gave them syringes and paint brushes.  We talked about mixing colors and I let the girls decide which colors they were going to try to make.  The had great fun adding the paint to the snow and then transferring it to the paper to watch it melt.

Color mixing

Snow painting

Rainbow snow

Painted snow on paper

Final product

SNOW!!!

It snowed today!

Beautiful, I know.  It snowed all day and the kids were just desperate to get out in it.  Unfortunately, by the time we got back it was starting to get dark and very, very cold.  So... we brought the snow inside! The kids had a great time and best of all, no one got cold.

The crew at work.

 TJ inspecting the snow.

A creation by HW.

Snowman by IW.

Mini snowman by JEJ.

A cave for the whales and seals.

Some more snowy masterpieces.