July 28th, 2021

Friends Who Play Together, Stay Together

Your cinnamon bun is ready. It takes so long because we had to take out the mulch. - Coco

Messy art! This is my favorite. I love to get messy - Dagny

Today, the Explorers got their hands dirty with several types of messy art. We started with screen printing. Children made negatives of the images, put the screen over their work and experimented with how the paint interacted with the screen and paper. On the other side of the room, we continued our exploration of splatter painting.

This is called Rainbow Rain! - Ada

Tie Dye

Our most popular messy art was tie dye. After some research, each child used rubber bands and created a design. Once everyone was happy with their design, we went outside and used dye to create our master pieces.

Step 1: Wrap it up

Step 2: Paint it.

Step 3: Patience...