When we returned after the holidays we were discussing the winter weather and the children asked how to make snowy pictures, so here in the studio for the last couple of weeks the children have been trying out several techniques to add snow to their wonderful works of art.
The first technique we tried was to use chalk, which made for great snow! The children used their fingers and sometimes hands to smudge the chalk all over making it look like a blizzard, helping to develop their fine motor skills.
“I’m using my finger to smudge it”
Next we experimented with different ways of applying paint to our snowy pictures. We used paint brushes which were great for splatting the paint then we tried flicking the paint using toothbrushes but this proved a little tricky for the younger children so we tried a different method.
“The paint splatted everywhere”
This time we used glue to stick cotton wool to create snowy collage pictures.
Today we stuck some bubble wrap round different sizes of rollers and created a blizzard on some cardboard and paper 
“it looks all bumpy”
Just look at all the wonderful Winter wonderlands we have created!
