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)

1. Talk about their weeks and introduce the activity
2. Explain the math game
3. Every student gets one dice
4. They roll the die and write down the number they land on, on a note card(Repeat 3 times)
5. Add the 3 numbers together
6. 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)
7. Have each student write down the colors that correlate with the numbers that they rolled
8. Pass out watercolor palettes, paint brushes, and paper towels (1/4 the regular sized paper towel... Cut them beforehand into approximately 6"x6" squares)
9. 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
10. Using someone's notecard with the numbers and correlated colors, show the class how to...
1. fill the palette colors with water
2. stir with paintbrush to saturate water with color
3. dip the corners of the paper towel so it absorbs the colors that the numbers went with
4. open up the paper towel to show the design 
11. Let students go back to their table to create their own 
12. teach the students how to lay out their wet paper towels to dry in a designated spot
13. Clean up (Wipe down desks and put away supplies)