Rain Process Art: Preschool Art Project for Those Wet Days

The past couple days have been nonstop rain. Mostly the kids don't mind and are perfectly happy to spend the majority of the day splashing around in a very soggy mud kitchen. But for some reason the past couple days were different. It seemed like they really wanted to hunker in.

Therefore, it's been a project rich start to our week. I hadn't planned on spending so much time inside, so most of our projects were created on the fly and involved very little prep. This rain process art is the epitome of that - a captivating activity perfect for toddlers and preschoolers with the bare minimum of set up.

For materials, I pulled out a large sheet of watercolor paper, and a set of liquid watercolors. That was it. I handed over the paper and tubes of paint and let the kids dab on color. We then headed outside to clip our paper onto our double sided easel.

I placed the easel right outside our window, so the kids could frequently check up on the transformations. Early on, the rain pulled the color into vibrant streams that flowed down and off the paper. It was easy to see the movement of the water across the paper.

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Then, with enough rain, the vibrant tracks turned to softer washes, and eventually into ghost like memories of a very wet day. When we put on our pajamas and called it a night, the painting sat outside, continuing its slow transformation into a picture that just hinted at color.

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