Eric Carle may not be famous in the world of fine arts, but his very famous in the world of preschool children and teachers! For most of us, not only do we love his art and all his book, but we love also all the books in which he did the illustration. Brown Bear, Hungry Caterpillar, The Tiny Seed, etc.
Well, though he may not have his art up in the museums like MichelAngelo and Picasso, Eric Carle is one of the greatest artists for the kids. So it’s just right that we give him as much credit as we learn about fine arts!
We found this idea on the Eric Carle website, and had to try it for ourselves
*This activity also teaches the kids the different strokes! A perfect pre-writing exercise!
What you will need
- Kitchen rolls (towel rolls)
- Paint
- Paint brush
- Scrap paper
- 3 colors of paint
- Black paint
- Small Sponge/ Carpet
What you will do:
Before anything else, make sure you put the scrap paper under the tissue paper, else your table will surely get some paint on it. Moreover, the tissue might stick to the table and ruin both the art work and your table!
Step 1: Paint the entire tissue paper with any color of paint and leave it aside to dry (we did this before the class started so it there’d be time for it to dry)
Step 2: Using another color, paint waves as the second layer. (though these kids did it right, there were several kids who just randomly painted lines! It’s okay though, don’t be too tough on them! It’s the process that matters!)
Step 3: Using another color, paint some dots
Step 4: Take the sponge and dip it into some black paint and dab it on the tissue paper as the final layer
Step 5: Leave it aside to dry. You can also draw on these using a sharpie, but we decided not to because we had something else in mind. (I’ll post about that soon!)
Just a reminder though, while it dries, you might want to remove the tissue paper from the paper once in a while just to make sure it doesn’t stick!
Wait for my next post and see how we used this activity with another one! 
