Fireworks art

Since this is the week of Independence Day, our weekly theme is loosely Red, White, and Blue. Today we tried some art I saw in a magazine. Drop some paint on paper and blow it around with a straw to make it look like fireworks. We didn't get any fireworks - mostly blobs - but the kids did get a kick out of the glitter glue I brought out. We also tried dabbing with spikey balls to create fireworks, but that didn't work well either. By the end of it they were both happily covered in purple-y, glittery paint up to their elbows and looking forward to cleaning up at the hose.