Welcome to our second quarantivity, water bead art. If you're anything like me, you grossly overestimate how many water beads you need and make trillion on accident. This is a great activity to use up those extra water beads.
Supplies
- 1 cup of water beads
- 3 paints of different colors, we used Colorations Liquid Watercolor
- plastic tub with top
- watercolor paper (trust me, this holds the color way better than any other type of paper).
- tape to hold down the paper (painter's tape is best)
Preparing the Bin
- Cut the watercolor paper into desired size. I just cut to fit the bin.
- Using painter's tape, tape down the paper
- Measure out a cup of water beads and have them ready
- Pull out paint colors for child to choose
Making the Art
- Have child choose three colors
- Depending on their age, either let them squeeze in paint, squeeze in yourself, or assist them in squeezing in the paint.
- Depending on their age, let them dump the beads or dump them yourself.
- Seal the lid
- Shake shake shake shake shake the beads the up, shake the beads up, shake!
- Let art dry for an hour
- Enjoy your art!
We will be sending our artwork to some pen pals, but you could send it to a local nursing home, hang it up on the fridge, or make cards for grandparent! The possibilities are endless.
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