Painting With Our Tongues

I think you may have heard by now that we were painting with our tongues in art. This was sooooo much fun, you may want to try it at home as well.

I mixed jello and corn syrup together to a thick consistency. I mixed 5 or 6 separate flavors. Then I put those flavors/paints on individual palettes. (This is one time we certainly did not want to share paint with anyone else!)

The reaction from the students ranged drastically from the "I can't wait to try this!" to the "Ewwwww....that's disgusting." Mostly I had willing participants. There were one or two students that just weren't going there. And that is okay. I try to encourage them to try things and usually if others are doing it and having a good time, they will join in. If they don't try this time, maybe they will try the next "daring" project.

Anyway, the jello paint was totally yummy if you like candy or suckers. Some of the children licked their paint trays clean! Some painted pictures of flowers, rainbows, trucks, houses, etc.  Others were more abstract and those looked nice too. The paint is very glossy looking so it is quite pretty in almost any design.

This week brings our last week before Christmas break and that means parties and programs and presents. Hope to see you sometime this week!