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CELERY FLOWER PRINTS ON HESSIAN

Gosh it has been a busy few weeks leading up to Christmas and the end of the preschool year!  Transition Reports to write and Portfolio’s to finalize…  but now, they’re all done!   So, I can get back to a bit of blogging… sharing some more activities and ideas with everybody is what I love to do!

This is an activity we did with the children in spring as they began to notice the flowers appearing in our garden.  The cut end of celery, when used for printing, makes a gorgeous representation of the layered petals you might see in some flowers, particularly the rose.

We watched the children’s facial expressions closely as they began to print and an image was revealed on the hessian.  First came a look of surprise that gradually transformed into an expression of recognition…  sometimes followed by a ‘knowing smile’ and sometimes followed by the exclamation, “A flower!”

I could see this activity being done on calico with pastel colours too… very pretty!

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Comments on: "CELERY FLOWER PRINTS ON HESSIAN" (4)

  1. We did printing on hessian this week too Karen! Must have been reading each others minds.

  2. wHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT A CELERY WOULD MAKE AN IMPRINT OF A FLOWER! iNTRIGUING. love printing of all kinds

  3. Elizabeth said:

    Hello, I would love to print/paint on hessian. Can you tell me what is the best type of paint to use?

    Thank you!

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