Archive for May, 2013

Dinosaur Oil Pastel Painting

24
May

As we continue along with our dinosaur theme, Hailey made a really pretty dinosaur painting.

Dinosaur Oil Pastel Painting

First, sketch a picture with a pencil.

Dinosaur Oil Pastel Painting

Next, trace your pencil with a black oil pastel.

Dinosaur Oil Pastel Painting

Color the picture using the oil pastels.

Dinosaur Oil Pastel Painting

Don’t color the picture in completely, leave some white showing.

Dinosaur Oil Pastel Painting

Next use water colors to paint over the oil pastels.  The oil pastels will resist the water color.

Dinosaur Oil Pastel Painting

Pretty and simple.

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Volcano Fun!

23
May

We are learning all about dinosaurs, and what would a theme about dinosaurs be without making a volcano?

Volcano Activity

First, Hailey mixed up a mountain- we used:
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
2 tbs cooking oil
water

Volcano Activity

She formed a mountain around a small water bottle.

Volcano Activity

Then she painted it.  We didn’t wait for the salt dough to dry before painting, and it worked out fine.

Volcano Activity

We set up a little area for our dinosaurs.  Hailey added a little pond (lower left hand corner), some rocks, trees, dinosaurs, and of course the volcano.

Time to set off the volcano!! In the bottle we put:
warm water
red food coloring
Dawn dish soap
2 tbsp of baking soda
and…

Volcano Activity

Hailey added the vinegar!

Volcano Activity

Hunter and Hailey playing with the dinosaurs.

Volcano Activity
The dinosaurs heard that the volcano was going to erupt again, so they wanted to get a closer look.

Volcano Activity

Hailey loved it!

Volcano Activity

More lava!

Hailey wanted to see a bigger explosion, so when Rich got home, we mixed everything up in a soda bottle and put the top on the bottle and let the gasses built up for a bit.

Here is what happens when you do that:

Volcano Activity

Volcano Activity

Volcano Activity

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Dinosaur Fossils

22
May

We are learning all about dinosaurs this week and so we made some dinosaur fossils.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

First we put some playdough into a plastic container and pressed a dinosaur into the playdough.  Take the dinosaur out and see the indentation that it leaves in the playdough.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

Hunter had  great time making footprints with his dinosaur.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

This picture didn’t come out, but it’s the only one I have of this step.  Next mix up some Plaster of Paris (use a 2:1 ratio with water).  Pour the plaster over your playdough so that it fills in the indentation left from the dinosaur.

We let ours dry for a couple of hours.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

After the plaster was dry, I popped Hunter’s out of his styrofoam bowl.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

Then, peel off the playdough.  This part ended up being kind of difficult.  I would recommend using older playdough if you have it.  Ours was new and still pretty sticky.  I ended up scrubbing it off with water and a toothbrush.  Or use white playdough if you have it, that is what Hailey used for half of hers and we couldn’t see what was left behind like we could with the red.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

The completed fossils.

Then Hailey decided they should paint their fossils:

Dinosaur Fossil Craft
Hunter works so carefully when he paints.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

Hailey working on her painting.

Dinosaur Fossil Craft

The painted fossils.

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(Any containers you use for this activity should be ones that can be thrown away if necessary.)

Dinosaur Bones

21
May

We have started learning all about dinosaurs and I have several fun activities and crafts planned!  First up we did a dinosaur bones craft.

Dinosaur Bones Craft

This is super easy- all you need is glue, craft sticks, toothpicks, a dinosaur shaped head and some construction paper.

Dinosaur Bones Craft

For Hunter I put the glue on his paper and then he lined his sticks up with the glue.  He did a really good job putting his sticks on the glue.

Dinosaur Bones Craft

After you put the neck, legs and tail on, add the toothpicks for the smaller bones.

Dinosaur Bones Craft

Our completed dinosaur bones.

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