Windy Hair Preschool Craft
Spring is a windy time of year! It’s also the perfect time to try this Windy Hair Preschool Craft! Your students will have a blast with this fun and interactive process art activity!
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Materials Needed
For this craft, you just need a few materials!
- liquid watercolors (this set is my favorite to use!)
- card stock paper
- straws (I like paper straws!)
- windy hair printable (found at the bottom)
Directions
- Begin by printing the page onto card stock paper. You want a thick paper so the liquid doesn’t soak through the paper.
- Drop some of the liquid watercolors at the top of the head. You can use a pipette to do this, but you could also add drops directly from the bottle.
- Start blowing air through the straw directly at the colored drops. You don’t want to touch the liquid with your straw but you should be close enough to make it move. Make sure to instruct students not to suck up air in the straw.
- Keep doing this all around the page until you have windy hair art!
Craft in Action
When I did this activity with my preschool class, I let the students choose which colors they wanted for the hair. Then I dropped dots of color near the top of the head.
Then I instructed them to blow air through the straw, while pointed at the colors.
I love using these trays to contain the mess. I got them at Target years ago, but here are some similar ones on Amazon.
After they dried, I displayed their beautiful art on the wall.
I loved seeing how each one was unique!
We didn’t color the face, but you certainly could! I would recommend using watercolor paints, crayons, or markers.
Learning Components
This may just seem like an art project, but there are educational components, too!
- This activity is great for working on oral motor skills, which is the movements of the muscles in the mouth, jaw, tongue, lips and cheeks.
- You can talk about colors and color mixing when doing this activity with children. I know some of my students noticed that when yellow and red mixed, it made the color orange!
- Students will need to concentrate and focus on this activity. They will have to use coordination to line up the straw to the colors and blow.
Printable Download
If you’d like to download this printable, just click on the button below!
Books to Read
To accompany this activity, here are my favorite books all about wind!
The Wind Blew
Windy DayFlora’s Very Windy DayI Like the Wind (I Like the Weather)
Frequently Asked Questions
You can dilute food coloring so it’s more watery.
Any size would work, but I recommend the medium-sized straws.
I think this activity is great for preschoolers (ages 3-4) but could also be used with older students.
It can get messy, but for the most part it isn’t. We didn’t wear paint smocks for this, but you certainly can if you are worried clothes will get messy. Since we used the trays, it helped contain any liquid that didn’t stay on the page. We also had wipes nearby in case we needed them!
I hope you will try this super fun activity!
