This week we are learning about bugs and insects! It's spring time in Texas which means the flowers are blooming and so are all the bugs! We are dicovering types of insects, the parts of insects, what they eat and their life cycles. We will be busy reading about bugs, observing them, sorting them (fake bugs of course) and creating them!
Today we made a beetle with homemade puffed paint. Here is the recipe if you would like to try at home, it was so easy!
1 tablespoon self-raising flour
a few little drops of food colouring
1 tablespoon salt
Then add some water to make a nice smooth paste.
Paint away on a nice thick sheet of cardboard (if you don’t have enough paint brushes use cotton buds – they work really well).
Microwave the design on high for 10 – 30 seconds until the paint puffs and it’s all nice and dry. We did ours for 30 seconds.
I hope you all have a blessed week!
Krista Langford