What to do 1. After a rainfall, when the weather has turned fair, bring a few blankets, paper, and paintbrushes outside and find a mud puddle. 2. Invite the children to find a spot on a blanket alongside the puddle and lay their paper beside them. 3. Have them dip their brush into the mud puddle and paint a picture using mud. 4. Let the pictures dry in the sun. More to do More art: Make sailboats from walnut shells, toothpicks, and paper and float them in puddles. Create pictures with muddy handprints. Outdoors: Explore puddles around the schoolyard. Science: Measure and chart rainfall.
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