These lovely water lilies really open up and seem to bloom in water! This is by far one of our favorite homeschool lessons.
Making the lilies was simple. Using the book All Year Round for inspiration, I cut out the leaf and water lily shapes. Without telling the kids what we were doing, I gave them each a flower and we colored them with crayons. I told them to color the flower anyway they liked, but to leave the back blank.
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Oobleck is a wonderful and very messy activity. You can grab it fast and it seems solid, then let it turn into a liquid and drip between your fingers. In a warm climate like ours, we let it dry outside and rehydrate it the next day. In cooler areas it might mold if you leave it out.
It has always been a dream of mine to find a source for past-its-expiration-date cornstarch so that we can fill a small kiddy pool with Oobleck and walk on it! A girl can dream.
Ingredients:
1 Cup water
2 Cups cornstarch
a few drops food coloring
Mix together and play!
This was such a fun project! We actually did this last year, but I am posting it now.
My daughter drew a picture for us to turn into a little felt doll for her cousin.
I cut it out and she did most of the sewing. I’m so in love with the way it turned out.
