{"id":2447,"date":"2018-06-28T03:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T03:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2018-06-28T03:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T03:48:15","slug":"abstract-window-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/06\/28\/abstract-window-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstract Window Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003XX99V2\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003XX99V2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=annecol-20\">Colored Transparency Sheets<\/a> (can sometimes be purchased at the Dollar Store)<br \/>\nScissors<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005ALLJG8\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005ALLJG8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=annecol-20\">Paper Trimmer<\/a> (optional)<br \/>\nShallow tray with water<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cut the transparency sheets into various sizes using scissors and a paper trimmer. Once the shapes are cut out, invite your child to dip the various pieces of colored transparencies into water and press them to the window where the sun can shine through.&nbsp; Layering the colors is a great opportunity for discussing color mixing, as the layered sheets create different colors.<\/p>\n<p>This activity is also a great way to work on fine motor skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials Colored Transparency Sheets (can sometimes be purchased at the Dollar Store) Scissors Paper Trimmer (optional) Shallow tray with water Directions Cut the transparency sheets into various sizes using scissors and a paper trimmer. Once the shapes are cut out, invite your child to dip the various pieces of colored transparencies into water and press &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/06\/28\/abstract-window-art\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Abstract Window Art&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}