Painting our (paper mache) sculpture

“Are you done with your balloon? Is it getting hard?” - Saul, 3.9 years
It is.  It is completely dry. - Elyse 

What are you going to use you pop the orange balloon?
“A pen.” - Saul 
You’re using a pen.  I’m using a sewing needle. - Elyse

“It’s hard as a rock.” - Riva, 9 years
What happens if you knock on it? 

“We need something to pop it up, and then we can use it for something; for a collage.” - Saul 

“I think it’s getting smaller.” - Riva 
“Wow, look at the balloon!” - Saul 
Listen to the noise. - Naama 
“We got it out! Whoa! This is so cool.” - Riva
I don’t think I can get mine out. - Elyse 
“Maybe we can put the balloon back inside and use it again.” - Saul 
What’s left is our round sculpture, and we can paint it. - Elyse 
“So let’s start.” - Saul 

Nothing is happening to mine. - Elyse 
It eventually got smaller, and came out later that night.

It bounces like a ball. I have to be gentle, but it does bounce. - Elyse
“It rolls, and then you roll it backwards.” - Saul 
Sauly, we made a ball sculpture. - Elyse 

Design choices

Are you ready to paint? Which colors are you going to use? - Elyse 
“Red and orange and yellow.” - Saul 
“Oh, these are my watercolors.” - Saul
Sauly, these aren’t watercolors.  These are called tempera paints. - Elyse 
“Tempera watercolor.” - Saul
“I want it to be colorful. I want to make a choice inside my heart.” - Saul 
“Do you want a blue stripe?” - Riva
“No, I want to cover the whole balloon, not leave any holes in the balloon.” - Saul 
“Then why did we paint it red?” - Riva
“Well, we have to paint it blue and red and all the colors.” - Saul 
“I want to hold it upside down, and paint it upside down like this.” - Saul 
“Riva, can we do polka dots that look like rectangles?” - Saul 
“What color?” - Riva
“So many colors.” - Saul
“I want to paint the inside so that it is colorful. We’re making a secret for the inside. We’re painting the inside so that you know the colors are the secret.” - Saul

Teamwork

“Can I help you?” - Riva, 9 years
“Uh, yes you can.” - Saul 
You can work as a team. You work best as a team. - Naama
“You can be the leader though.” - Riva
"What's that?" - Saul
The leader is giving the directions. - Naama
“Telling me what to do. Maybe we could do a base of red and then add dots of other colors.” - Riva

​​“Look how a team we are.” - Saul, 3.9 years

National Geographic

“Well, I have this cool magazine that has a scooter pulling a stroller.” - Saul 
Are there any interesting animals in that magazine? - Elyse
“There’s so many types of cats. 1…2…3…” - Saul