What to do:
- using autumn
colors and glossy paper (fingerpainting paper
or butcher paper), children paint interesting designs
using spaghetti dipped in paint.
How to do it:
- pre-cook spaghetti
(the thicker the kind of spaghetti the better)
until just limp - you don't want it too soggy or it won't work! (adding
a tablespoon of cooking oil to the boiling water helps keep spaghetti from
lumping together while cooking)
- quickly remove from
hot water and rinse in cold water
- when spaghetti
is cool enough to work with, let children grab handfuls of it and dip it
into ice cream buckets of pre-mixed tempera paint
- children then
place paint-saturated spaghetti onto sheets of finger-painting paper (paper
that is glossy on one side) and proceed to 'paint'
with it by dragging it around, swirling it, trailing it, etc.
- vary colors - remove
spaghetti from paper when desired image has been achieved
- label and dry flat
