Mess-Free Color Mixing

We used paint and contact paper to make a mess free color mixing activity

Just squeeze some paint onto the sticky side of a sheet of contact paper

(I used tempera but I bet finger paint would create a nice translucent look)

Place another sheet of contact paper over the paint

I found that mixing the colors was a lot easier with less air between the sheets

She had to punch the paint

and poke the paint

 Putting the paint on the contact paper different ways affected the mixing too

In my opinion we saw the best mixing with two parallel lines of color

C really enjoyed drawing letters in the paint

 This is a great activity for seeing how primary colors mix to make secondary colors

plus it leaves little tracks when you use fingertips for drawing

then you can just use the palm of your hand to "erase" the tracks and start all over again

and best of all

NO MESS!!!

and another bonus

since the paint is trapped in the contact paper it doesn't dry

(at least it hasn't yet!)

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