This week in the garden we have been exploring our sense of smell by using the herbs growing in our garden in different ways.
Today we explored our senses further by using teabags to create our own art in the studio.
We started by using our sense of smell to make observations about the different kinds of tea. We discussed the different kind of scents and what they smelled like.
“It’s mint”
“It smells like toothpaste”
“Like strawberry”
“We have mint in the garden”
To create our masterpiece we placed the tea bags on paper and used spray bottles with water to wet the tea bags. This is an excellent way to developing our fine motor skills. As the teabags absorbed the water we squeezed them, painted with them and explored the mixing of the colours. We also talked about the texture of the tea as the bags started to break apart.
“It feels like sand”
“Little bits stick to me”
“It’s soft”
“I like mud in the garden”
The studio is now smelling very lovely, We all had lots of fun exploring our senses and creative skills.
The final masterpiece. Well done everyone!
