Vegetable Art--More Fun for Kids

Here is an idea that you can enjoy with your family, by raiding the refrigerator drawer and finding a carrot, a piece of cauliflower or broccoli and a piece of celery. You can also experiment with other things but these are what I used.

You need to get out your acrylic paints, a plastic tray, jar of water some paint brushes, and some paper towel.

Cut the carrot to make your circle shape, cut the celery to make the curved shape, and take a small piece of broccoli or cauliflower from the large piece.  Leave enough vegetable so you can hold on to it.

Use some old paper to experiment putting paint on the pieces and pressing them down on the paper to see the shape they make.

Now you can make cards for your friends and family, using construction paper or heavy paper. You may also like to try using a potato, and cutting out is shaped like a square or a triangle.

Have fun!  Article and pictures by Lanark County Master Gardener, Ankaret Dean

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