Mouse Paint

This project was inspired by Ellen Stoll Walsh's book "Mouse Paint". The story is about three white mice who wind up covering themselves in the primary colors. The mice discover that they can make three new colors by mixing two of the primary colors together. Those three new colors are the secondary colors. The kindergartners used pencils to draw out a mouse and two puddles. The next art class the students choose a secondary color that their mouse would be (Orange, Green, or Violet). They painted in their puddles first with the corresponding primary colors. Once the puddles were painted, the students mixed their two primaries and created their secondary color to paint their mouse with. Once their mouse was completely painted, the students chose a color to paint the wall behind the mouse. We finished the project by touching up our lines with permanent marker.