Painting With Straws

How we did it:
Materials List
- watercolor paint
- paper
- paintbrushes
- straw
- cups
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Gather your materials and protect your workspace. This project is messy but really fun!
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Drop a blob of paint onto your paper. Position your straw over the paint and blow.
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Watch the paint go!
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Maddie started out making a scene (and a very fine tree), then she saw what fun Trev was having just going wild with color and design, and she decided that was a fine idea! If a design starts to look like something--then by all means, draw a face on it. Or antlers. Or leaves. Or shoes!
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Watch how the paint spreads in different directions. Add more paint to the paper and keep blowing through the straw!
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You can also use a paintbrush to spread the paint around.
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Try some experiments: What happens when you blow directly over the paint? Or to the side? What if you blow softly or hardly? Does your design start to look like something? Perhaps a tree, face, or antlers? Keep going until your painting is complete!
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Success! No matter what.