Supplies
- Brightly coloured chalk
- White card stock
- Shallow dish
- Water
- Popsicle stick
- Optional: book about colours
Educators: we recommend reading “Festival of Colors” by Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal
Instructions:
- Fill your shallow dish with just enough water to cover the bottom.
- Use a popsicle stick to gently scrape the chalk over the dish of water.
- Watch as the chalk sprinkles make a beautiful design.
- Gently lay your piece of card stock over the water and lift it quickly. It will have absorbed the chalk onto the paper.
- Alternatively: you can lightly dampen your piece of card stock and gently scrape the chalk directly onto the dampened card stock.
Skills
- Creative
- Colours
- Culture – discuss Holi, India’s Festival of Colour
- Fine motor
- Literacy and social skills when paired with the book
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