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Spoon and Roll Painting

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Materials

Tempera paint

Spoons

Paper

Rolling pins

Instructions

1. Fill a cup about 1/3 full of white glue and add about 5 to 8 drops of blue foodcoloring. Use a spoon to mix well.2. Pour some of the glue into a margarine tub lid and let it dry completely. Thismay take several days, depending upon the humidity.3. When the glue is completely dry, peel the blue circle from the lid.4. With a permanent marker, draw landforms on the blue circle.5. Now you have a sun catcher! It will usually stick to a glass window, but if itdoesn't, punch a hole in the top and thread a piece of yarn or ribbon throughit to hang.More to doUse different shades of food coloring to make a variety of sun catchers.

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