Watercolor Paper Towel Tie-Dye
Materials:
- Watercolors
- Scissors
- Paint brush
- Paper towels
- Cups of water
- Pencils
- Notecards
Lesson Plan:
Have everyone gather on the button rug
(1:00-1:05)
- Talk about their weeks and introduce the activity
- Explain the math game
- Every student gets one dice
- They roll the die and write down the number they land on, on a note card(Repeat 3 times)
- Add the 3 numbers together
- On the board, write a number that correlates with a color from their watercolor palette (1=Blue, 2=Yellow, 3=Red, 4=Purple, 5=Orange, 6=Green)
- Have each student write down the colors that correlate with the numbers that they rolled
- Pass out watercolor palettes, paint brushes, and paper towels (1/4 the regular sized paper towel... Cut them beforehand into approximately 6"x6" squares)
- Have the students come to the front of the room to watch you fold the paper towel up like you would to cut a snowflake
- Using someone's notecard with the numbers and correlated colors, show the class how to...
- fill the palette colors with water
- stir with paintbrush to saturate water with color
- dip the corners of the paper towel so it absorbs the colors that the numbers went with
- open up the paper towel to show the design
- Let students go back to their table to create their own
- teach the students how to lay out their wet paper towels to dry in a designated spot
- Clean up (Wipe down desks and put away supplies)
