{"id":2726,"date":"2018-09-21T00:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T00:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2018-09-21T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T13:53:28","slug":"fingerpainting-on-a-transparent-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/09\/21\/fingerpainting-on-a-transparent-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Fingerpainting on a Transparent Surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials&nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nYellow tempera paint, thoroughly mixed with shaving cream<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">An acrylic transparent surface or tempered glass (a sliding glass door is a <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2729 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/09\/Fingerpainting-on-a-transparent-surface-Ellie-1-e1537490681301-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/09\/Fingerpainting-on-a-transparent-surface-Ellie-1-e1537490681301-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/09\/Fingerpainting-on-a-transparent-surface-Ellie-1-e1537490681301-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>great option)<br \/>\n<\/span>Plastic spoon<br \/>\nA piece of construction paper<br \/>\nOne of dad\u2019s old t-shirts for a paint smock<br \/>\nA squeegee and damp rag for easy cleanup<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Directions&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Squirt the shaving cream into a paper cup, almost to the top. Add liquid tempera paint and mix thoroughly. Add more tempera to get the shade you want. Use the spoon to drop the paint mixture onto your surface.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Demonstrate how to spread the paint around with your hand.&nbsp; Encourage your child to do the same.&nbsp; Show your child how to make lines and circles with her fingers. When finished painting, place the construction paper over the painting and smooth it gently with your hands to make a print.&nbsp; Use the squeegee for quick clean-up and the damp rag for little hands.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Yellow tempera paint, thoroughly mixed with shaving cream An acrylic transparent surface or tempered glass (a sliding glass door is a great option) Plastic spoon A piece of construction paper One of dad\u2019s old t-shirts for a paint smock A squeegee and damp rag for easy cleanup Directions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Squirt the shaving &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/09\/21\/fingerpainting-on-a-transparent-surface\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fingerpainting on a Transparent Surface&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2727,"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-2726","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\/2726","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=2726"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2753,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions\/2753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}