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Northern Lights Adaptive Art Part Three!

Our final step for our Northern Lights adaptive art project provided some icky, sticky fun in the form of DIY texture paste!  I used the first recipe provided here at My Little Craft Things.  I mixed it beforehand due to time constraints, but some of my students would have really enjoyed mixing it up, too!  Here is a shot of my first batch. 


We used a spoon and spread the thick paste along the bottom of our scene, talking about snow on the ground as we did so.  We also dabbed our spoons all over each our project, to add snow falling from the sky.  


I attempted adding glitter to the paste, but it just mixed in and was covered up, so we sprinkled glitter across the top after we spread it on our paper.  I LOVED the intense texture of this finished piece.  Between the paste, the fringed trees, and the scraped, multicolor painted backgrounds, this produced a really engaging finished piece for my students, with a lot of depth.



I also loved that this project provided a lot of opportunities to practice functional skills such as fine motor skills and reality orientation.


Plus, they're just beautiful, and each one is unique, the very best part. <3


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