Good afternoon!! Yesterday in Reception we went to the Museo di Storia Naturale e Archeologia di Montebelluna for a laboratory on Natural Colors!
First we started by introducing ourselves to our guide and sharing our favourite colors. then we had to go on a treasure hunt to find Red, Blue, Green and Yellow cards in the museum.
After that we had a small slide show about colors and where they come from. Did you know that most colors used to paint and dye come from vegetables?!?!?!?
The guide showed where green, red, yellow and blue come from! Red came from cooked beets. Green from crushed fresh spinach. Blue from purple cabbage. Yellow from powdered ochre. We got to touch, smell and see these vegetables and the guide showed us how to extract the color.
Then it was turn!! We had to crush the spinach leaves with the mortar and pestle then drain the leaves with water. We mixed the powdered ochre with water and honey to make a paint. We squished the cooked beets to get the color and also used tea bags.
We took these colors and finger painted! We had yellow, red and green!! For the blue, we took fresh cut cabbage and scraped it across the page!
As for the finished result, well we hope you enjoyed them!
