Did you know there are many different kinds of birds, most can fly, but some (like penguins and ostriches) can not. One thing that all birds do have in common is that they lay eggs!

This week we are exploring the colour orange by mixing yellow and red and we are also crushing egg shells to make our own art.

Benefits include: Fine motor development through crushing egg shells and painting, learning about colours and colour mixing, developing curiosity and creativity.

Instructions

Rinse and then bake your egg shells for 20min at about 100 degrees.

Invite your child to crush the egg shells with a pestle and mortar or something similar, paint a piece of paper with glue and then sprinkle on the egg shells.

Once this is dry invite your child to paint over the egg shells with yellow and red paint.

Talk about the texture of the paper and the colours that you see!