Jelly Bean Sensory Paints

Before making our Sensory Paints we first did a jelly bean science experiment.  Read more about that here. This tells you what we did in the first few steps to making our paints. 

Once we finished our experiment.  We moved on to paint making,  which in itself was really another experiment.  We had no idea if it would work starting out. 

Final result of our Jelly Bean Sensory Paints above. We were a little disappointed that the smell was not very strong.  We observed that the grape had the strongest scent. 

We even made Bunny Tail Paint Brushes to paint with. Simple really.  Just take clothespins and white pom poms (thanks craftprojectideas for the pom poms) and put them together.

I set the kids up with paper plate paint trays.  I did this for a reason. Give them only a small amount of paints to contain the mess.  Do not get me wrong.  We like to make a mess, and it is usually fun when we do, but some days I can do without the extra clean up.  This was one of those days.

trying to see if the paint had a scent

Now it was time to paint!  

Big brother asked me if I had put sand in the paints.  I was a little confused at first and responded no.  I then asked him why.  He told me to come and look closer at the painting.  When I did, I noticed what he was talking about.  The Jelly Bean Paint was textured.  We concluded that the candy coating or sugar in the candy must have given the paints a sand like texture.  Not really sure but it sounded good.

Even mommy got in there at the end and painted a little.  Yes, I am a big kid at heart.  

This was an open ended process art painting.  I gave the kids the supplies and they took over and created their own art the way they wanted to.  The Sensory paints we made added fun sight, touch, smell, and taste if you wanted.  These paints are safe for babies too. 

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