A few weeks ago, S made some gorgeous abstract art.
Ooooh, it's so pretty right?
And when we made it, I just couldn't stop taking pictures.
As S sprinkled the colors down, they would explode upon the paper. It was a beautiful swirling rainbow of color!
Wondering how she made these beautiful works of art?
Figured it out yet?
Alright, alright, I'll tell ya. Kool Aid
. Yep. We took pieces of watercolor paper and thoroughly sprayed them down with water (if you don't have a spray bottle, I'm sure painting the paper with water would work just as well). Once the paper was good and wet, S sprinkled bits of each color of Kool Aid powder in various spots. As soon as the powder hit the paper it would explode, sending out tendrils of color and the air would fill with the scent of each flavor. It was so beautiful to watch and so yummy to smell!
. Yep. We took pieces of watercolor paper and thoroughly sprayed them down with water (if you don't have a spray bottle, I'm sure painting the paper with water would work just as well). Once the paper was good and wet, S sprinkled bits of each color of Kool Aid powder in various spots. As soon as the powder hit the paper it would explode, sending out tendrils of color and the air would fill with the scent of each flavor. It was so beautiful to watch and so yummy to smell!
Here's one of the dried pieces of artwork. We did this about 2 weeks ago and it's keeping great. Kool Aid powder doesn't have any sugar, so it hasn't molded or done anything else weird. It still smells AWESOME, too.
I introduced all the colored powder at once with S because she's pretty methodical and likes to take her time with art. If you have a younger child or one who likes to create quickly, you could always introduce one powder packet at a time. I am so in love with S's beautiful, delicious-smelling abstract art masterpieces!
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What a fun process! I bet it did smell great.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shaunna! It was so much fun (and yes, smelled soooo lovely!)!
DeleteGreat idea. I will do this later for sure. So pretty too.
ReplyDeleteHi Meri Cherry! Thank you!!! I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!!
Deletejust gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteNow I need to go hunt down some cool aid again (it's not sold widely here in Australia but ironically I know of one wool shop that imports it and sells it for dying wool! LOL)
Thank you, Kate! Oh, that's so hilarious. I love it! What a clever wool shop!
DeleteWow! I love this, Asia. it must have smelled incredible! And it's so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jackie!!! It did smell sooooo lovely - and amazingly it still does!!!
DeleteWhat a fantastic idea. We had a LOT of fun doing the milk art-science project this week - the one where you add drops of food coloring to milk and then add dish soap. The results are similar - lovely abstract images and dramatic swirling of colors (http://www.broogly.com/project/milk-art-science). But you can't keep that art - just the photos you take. So this would be a great activity to do next. Love the fact that it smells good too - would be fun to make birthday cards out of them - the recipient would have the aroma as well as the art!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah - I actually think I marveled at your gorgeous milk photos on Pinterest a few days back!!! The milk one is SO pretty. Did you know that you can keep that art? My friend Ana at Babble Dabble Do is a genius and figured out how to make milk prints:
Deletehttp://babbledabbledo.com/science-art-for-kids-marbled-milk-paper/
LOVE the idea of making a birthday card out of the Kool Aid art!!!! Brilliant!!!