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Paint Drops

Splatter and Drip

Day 126of 180
Week 26of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how paint moves and spreads on paper

2

Practice using droppers to create art

3

Explore God's creativity through color and movement

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 3:19

“Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.”

— Proverbs 3:19 (WEB)

Just as God carefully creates with purpose, we can explore creating art with intention and joy

📦 Materials Needed

  • Thin watercolor paint
  • White paper
  • Droppers
  • Plastic tablecloth or art mat
  • Smock or old shirt
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Remember how we made patterns yesterday? Today we'll explore how colors can move and spread!

💭 Review Question: What patterns did we make in our last lesson?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we'll learn how paint drops can create beautiful art by spreading and moving on paper.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Look how paint can move like water
  • Droppers help us make special art
  • God loves when we explore and create
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What colors do you want to use?
  • Where do you think the paint will go?
3Activity: Paint Drop Exploration (8 min)
hands-on

Use droppers to place colorful paint drops on paper and watch them spread

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on your art smock
  2. Squeeze paint into dropper
  3. Gently squeeze drops onto paper
  4. Watch how the colors move and mix
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child squeeze dropper

Challenge: Try tilting paper to make drops move differently

4Closing (3 min)

Let's talk about our beautiful paint drop art!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What colors did you use?
  • How did the paint move?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll continue exploring how paint can drip and move!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Droppers help develop fine motor skills and color exploration

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use thin, washable paint
  • Protect surfaces with plastic covering
  • Let child explore without too much direction
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might squeeze too hard or get frustrated

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about color movement and willingness to experiment

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Dry and display artwork
  • Take photos of paint drop process
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for complementary color worksheets

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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