Color Creations
Make a vivid impression with distinctive cloths.
Have tie-dye fun with your preschooler!
What you need:
• old or inexpensive napkins or handkerchiefs
• string
• various colors of food dye
• bowls
What to do:
1. Invite your child to make colorful wall hangings for a friend or relative by tie-dying cloth. First, choose a technique: tying napkins in knots or tying string around the material in a few different places (or do a combination of both techniques).
2. Cover your work area with an old cloth or newspaper. Pour various colors of dye into separate bowls. Have your child dip each cloth in a few colors.
3. When the cloths have dried, untie and/or unknot the cloths and see colors! Talk about how the hues mixed and made interesting designs.
4. REMEMBER: Food dye can be difficult to wash off skin. You might also want to cover your little one's hands with gloves.
Learning Benefits:
• color recognition
• science skills
• cause and effect
