This was a super fun and EASY one day lesson on mirror symmetry! Kids dipped cut yarn into a plate of liquid tempera paint, then using a plastic fork, pushed the paint all over the yarn, keeping a small section of the yarn out so it wouldn’t get covered in paint. Then after taking the excess paint off with your fingers running down the yarn-(This part is important!) place yarn on a sheet of paper (we used medium weight tagboard) anyway you like. Just make sure you leave the part that doesn’t have paint on the end dangling out.
Then wipe hands on a paper towel or handy wipes, and place another piece of paper (same size) on the top, keeping that end bit of yarn dangling out from the side between the two sheets.
Then while holding down the 2 papers together with your hands or a book, pull the string (yarn) out slowly.
To reveal your print!
We used multiple yarn dipped into other colors to create these fantastic paintings!
My students in Special Education classes created 3 each, 6 prints in total.
I see purple birds in the one above!
Kids had a blast creating them, and loved the sensory experience! I love the results and how it’s a surprise with each one!!
