I as an infant toddler teacher have a lot of favorite books to read to the children but one of my all time favorites is The Mixed-Up Chameleon. When I knew we was going to create a blog about activities I knew I wanted to do an art project with the kids based on the book The Mixed-Up Chameleon. Who doesn't love a color changing Chameleon?
What You Will Need
Two different colors that combined to make a new color, zip lock bags, a permanent marker, and a print out sheet of the chameleon.
Once you have everything you will need take the Chameleon print out and put it in the zip loc bag and trace it on to the bag. Once you have done that pour a quarter size amount of each color in the bag and zip it up.
Once you have completed that you give each child one and let them feel it, smack it, squeeze it, and spread it. As they watch an see the colors changing before their eyes.
Once the child decides they are finished the project is finished and when they are done we have a pretty mixed-up chameleon!!!
This activity was pretty cool watching the colors mix and turning into a whole new color. The children loved it. Overall it turned out great with no trial an errors. The older toddlers have been learning the colors blue and red the last three weeks so I decided to use these two colors to show them that two familiar colors can make up a new color. This art activity introduced a new color but also had them working on their fine motor skills and sensory skills. I would definitely do this activity again.
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