Scented Finger Painting

As we continue to use are senses we mixed it in with an art activity.  Scented Finger Paint!  First we learned how to waft gently with our hands.  Then I walked around with the different containers of paints and we made predictions on what each one smelled like. The children made some great guess. They were able to correctly identify cinnamon on the first try.  The peppermint one was a little tricky some of the children guessed candy canes or gum, not wrong but not super specific.  Then there was vanilla which the guesses were very broad from cake to candles.  The last smell was lemon and they all got that one correct as well.  Then I placed a dab of each paint in front of the children and told them to have fun exploring the different textures.  Some were vey careful to start only putting one finger in each paint others went all in.

 

As they continued to work with the paint they talked about the different colours they were able to make: pink, green, orange, purple.