Dip and Dye Snowflakes
In this Christmas art activity, your preschooler can turn a folded coffee filter into a colorful snowflake.
By: Trish Kuffner, author of The Preschooler's Busy Book
Dip and Dye Snowflakes
Materials
- Cone or square-shaped coffee filters (or paper towels cut in circles or squares)
- Scissors
- Small bowls of dye (diluted food coloring or strong tempera paint)
Directions
- Fold coffee filters or paper-towel circles or squares in half, quarters, thirds, and so on.
- Dip them into a bowl of dye, blot, open up, and let dry.
- When dry, fold again and make snowflakes by cutting small shapes along the folded edges.
- Use the snowflakes as a holiday decoration; tape them to your window or your child's bedroom door.