10.09_Our_Favorite

Our Favorite Colors

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Ask the class: What's your favorite color? Red? Yellow? Green? Blue? Which color of the rainbow is your favorite? Let students experiment with color using one or more of the craft ideas below.

• Mosaic Light Catchers

What You'll Need: popsicle sticks; wood glue; glue stick; multicolored tissue paper; safety scissors

1. Glue together four popsicle sticks to create a frame with the wood glue.

2. Tear or cut up different colored sheets of tissue paper into small scraps.

3. Using a glue stick, create a mosaic of tissue paper scraps within the popsicle stick frame.

4. Hold the light catcher up to the light or the sun and see what color shadows are cast through it.

•Rainbow Necklaces

What You'll Need: colorful fruity breakfast cereal; yarn or string

1. Give each Storytime listener a long piece of string and a plateful of fruity breakfast cereal.

2. Show them how to place the breakfast cereal loops on the string like beads. Don't forget to make a knot on one end so the cereal stays on the string!

3. When enough cereal has been strung together, help tie the loose ends of the string into a knot to secure the ends.

• Primary Color Collages

What You'll Need: white paper; watercolor paint; water; paint brushes; smocks; newspaper

1. Cover the work area with newspaper and give each Storytime listener a smock to protect his or her clothes.

2. Help them paint big circles of primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) on the white paper. Each colorful circle should overlap with the other circles.

3. Talk about what new colors were made when the circles overlapped with each other.

Click here to download the Storytime Kit with a printer-friendly version of these activities with pictures on page 4.