Submitted by Judith Walsh, Elementary Art Teacher at Mt. Zion Elementary in Suffolk, VA
Grades: Age 3 - 1st grade

Materials:

2 primary color paints, Styrofoam plates and 9" x 12" white paper

Procedure:

Put 2 primary colors on a styrofoam plate- such as red and yellow. Next, have student put their hand in the red paint, then make a hand print. Next, have student put their other hand in the yellow paint and make a hand print. Then, have students rub their hands together with the paint still on them and see what color they have made. Then they will make a hand print with the orange paint on their hands they have just made. Showing them that red and yellow make orange!