Joyfully Weary

Mini Man and Little Lady are constantly asking me what two colors blended together will make, so right before Saint Patrick's Day we decided to make some blended rainbows.  Our Supplies : coffee filters, glue, scissors, cotton balls, q-tips, and red, yellow, & blue liquid water colors. You can make your own liquid watercolors out of some old markers  or food coloring, water, and a tiny bit of vinegar works too.

I'm not sure where I first read about/saw coffee filter butterflies but I know that I've done them with every group of children I have worked with since. Because the are simple, but allow for self creativity, they've been a hit with every age range from toddlers to grade schoolers. Truth be told, I enjoy making them myself and I'm thirty. Even though we haven't been crafting much this summer ( my boys prefer sand and mud to crayons and paint) I couldn't let our insect unit go by with out making them. Our Supplies:  2 coffee filters, a clothespin, a pipe cleaner, scissors, glue, &  dot markers * if you don't have dot markers using diluted food coloring (dipping or with droppers) works too