Dandelion printing using a dish brush
The first dandelions have turned into seed buds so walks in the park have become even more fun. Blowing those fluffy pompons is so fulfilling -- even I can't resist the contentment of baring a nice, fat and full blowball!
Yesterday we decided to try dandelion printing, using a dish brush and a fork. I have seen this done a few times, but never tried before. Here's what we did:
First the children used watercolours to create the background field -- green for the gras and blue for the sky. With gouache, they painted the dandelion stem and the leaves. We picked some flowers and leaves earlier in the park so we could see what a dandelion actually looks like.
Then, we dipped our dishwashing brush in white gouache and created the puffballs. For the flowers we used a fork. The results were fast and fun, using a dishwashing brush as a craft tool is kind of wonderfully weird.
Casper added some insects which I thought was a nice idea. And voila! Done! Here's the result of our craft: dandelion printing using a dish brush and fork -- the idea is so simple, but don't you think the results are so pretty?
xxx Esther