Color Mixing Fun

I recently hosted another coffee shop story hour.  We had fun mixing colors with paint and play dough.

One of the books we read is little blue and little yellow by Leo Lionni.  In this book, little blue and little yellow are best friends, and when they hug, they turn green.  When their parents do not recognize them, they cry blue and yellow tears until they are separate again and the parents realize what happened.

Each child received a small amount of yellow play dough and a small amount of blue play dough.  They rolled each color into a ball and then combined the two balls to make green.

We also read Warthogs Paint by Pamela Duncan Edwards and Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  In both books, the characters are using paint and discover that they can mix colors to create different colors.

Each child received a piece of paper and drops of paint.  On one section of the paper, I gave them a drop of red and a drop of blue; on another section, I gave them a drop of red and a drop of yellow; and on the last section, I gave them a drop of blue and a drop of yellow.  They used their fingers to mix together the drops of paint to create new colors.  Surprisingly, no one mixed everything together to make brown!

I love hosting this story hour and finding new books and art projects to share with the children.  Next month, we will have a beach theme!  If you are local, I hope to see you there.

Visit stArt (story + art = a great start) at A Mommy's Adventures  for more book projects and story stretchers.