Instructions:
- Flatten out a coffee filter on a plate.
- Scribble the filter with blue and green washable
markers.
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- Use a squirt bottle to spray the coffee filter 2 or 3
times.
- I like to squirt right in the center of the filter and
then sit and watch the water wick the colours over the
filter (this takes 4 or 5 minutes)
- Young children will tend to over wet the filter... the
project still works, but it won't turn out quite as pretty
(the colours tend to blend too much if you soak the filter)
To help prevent this, encourage them to squirt it just once
in the middle and watch for a bit for so they can see the
process unfold. You can always add more water later if
it doesn't get wet all the way to the edge after 5 minutes
or so.
- Let dry (this takes about 1/2 an hour, but will take
longer if the filter has been soaked by an over-zealous
crafter!)
- We found ours turned out mostly green (I think our blue
was a bit too light). After it dried, we coloured some
more dark blue in the center and squirted it once with
water.
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- Optional: Splatter paint a piece of black
construction paper:
- Cover your work area with newspaper
- Dip a toothbrush into white paint and tap it off to
get rid of the excess.
- Hold it over the black paper and lightly rub the
edge of the popsicle stick against the toothbrush to
splatter dots of white paint onto the paper.
- Repeat until your black paper looks like a star
filled universe.
- Set aside to dry
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- Glue your earth to a piece of black construction paper
(or to a splatter painted piece of black construction paper.
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