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Watercolor Art for Preschool

January 26, 2015 by Sheryl Cooper

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Using watercolor for a preschool art activity is fun because there is such a variety of ways to apply it, such as when we made our colorful tissue paper leaves. Preschoolers love working with watercolors because the water allows the colors to bleed together, creating new colors. When purchasing watercolors, you can use a moist palette or those that are already in the liquid form. The moist palette watercolors are easy to set up quickly and you can have quite an assortment of colors available at once. Clean up is a breeze, too, because you just snap the lid on when done. Liquid watercolors are lovely because you can alter how deep you want the colors. They also work better on larger materials because you can use a wider brush. We loved using liquid watercolors on an outdoor canvas project. Another plus to watercolors is that we can use them with our toddlers and preschoolers.

 

For this particular activity, we used paper doilies on a vertical surface, like we did when we made our colorful waterfalls. The doilies are a bit delicate, perfect for light watercolors. When finished, we realized how lovely they would look strung across the classroom. A simple, fun art activity!

 

 

watercolor art

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What you will need:

  • Acrylic page holders for the easels

  • Any type of paper doily

  • Watercolors

preschool watercolor art

 

Setting it up:

Using some sort of clip (we used a clothespin), attach the doily to the easel. We placed ours on a tray to catch any drips. Provide the watercolors, water, and a brush.

 

preschool watercolor art

 

The process:

Like much of our art activities, the children were drawn to the art table immediately. We had 6 personal easels set up, and they were all taken for quite awhile. Typical for this age, some of the children worked quickly, applying just a few strokes of color, while others spent a great deal of time working on them, often asking for a second doily.

 

preschool watercolor art

 

Displaying in the classroom:

Once these were dry, we realized how nice they’d look hanging from the ceiling in our classroom.

preschool watercolor art

preschool watercolor art

 

The children loved it, too. They kept pointing up and saying, “I painted that one!”

 

preschool watercolor art

 

 

preschool watercolor art

You might also like these ideas:

 

rainbow art   ice painting for kids   Drip Painting for Kids

 

 

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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