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Carmel Mountain Eric Carle Inspired Flowers

Eric Carle Inspired Flowers

Materials: Tempra Paint Thick Tissue Paper Paint Brush Variety of objects to paint with Scissors Glue Construction paper “The Tiny Seed” by Eric Carle This week we are doing an

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Carmel Mountain Preschool Watercolor Silhouettes

Watercolor Silhouettes

Materials: Liquid watercolor paint Water droppers Paint brushes White construction paper Animal templates cut from black construction paper. 1. Trace animal shape onto black paper and cut out. For this,

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Children learning important art and safety skills

Drawing with Scissors

By: Julie Goldstein This week up in The Studio our CMP artists learned all about cutting shapes and creating colorful collages inspired by the books “Perfect Square” and “Drawing with

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Carmel Mountain Preschool Yarn Wrapped Bees

Yarn Wrapped Bees

Materials: Black and yellow yarn Cardboard Scissors Newspaper Makers Buttons 1. Cut out an oval shape from the cardboard. This will be the body of the bee. For younger kids,

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Carmel Mountain Preschool Bubble Wrap Sun

Bubble Wrap Sun

Materials: Paper plate Bubble wrap Yellow and orange paint Yellow and blue construction paper Glue Paintbrushes 1. Paint a white paper plate yellow. 2. While the paint is still wet,

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Carmel Mountain Preschool Yarn Wrapped Rainbows

Yarn Wrapped Rainbows

Materials Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink Yarn Cardboard cut into a rainbow shape This is a simple and easy fine motor art project. First, I cut a rainbow

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Carmel Mountain Preschool Parts of a Flower

Parts of a Flower

Materials: Green Construction paper Popsicle stick Brown yarn Green crayon Flower cut out Bingo dotters Glue Marker After talking about the parts of a flower during circle time, we created

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Carmel Mountain Preschool Textures in Nature

Textures in Nature

By: Julie Goldstein This week up in The Studio, we went on another nature adventure. This time we learned all about “Textures” in nature. First, the children passed around a

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CMP "Waterfall Painting" Process Art

“Waterfall Painting” Process Art

Materials: Watercolor Eyedroppers White paper 1- Have kids dip eyedropper into watercolor and squeeze drops of watercolor onto paper. This is great fine motor activity to increase finger strength. 2-

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Valentine's Day Canvas

Valentine’s Day Canvas

Materials Blue acrylic paint A black and white photo of child holding an umbrella Glue Modge podge “Love” sticker Scrapbook paper cut into heart shapes 1. Paint white canvas with

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