Desert Night Cactus Preschool Resist Painting

Another week of preschool homeschool and lots of awesome topics to explore. Today was all about Desert Night and making this fun Preschool Resist Painting. Of course we also spent some time talking about nocturnal animals. You know, because our desert theme wouldn’t be complete otherwise!

If you’re looking for something fun to do with your little kids, then you’re definitely going to want to check out this Desert Cactus Preschool Resist Painting. It’s a quick & easy art project that your little kids are sure to love it! And don’t forget to save this post for your next desert theme or even for learning about nocturnal animals.

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Oh, and we read a fun book from The Cat in the Hat Learning Library, Out of Sight ’til Tonight, which definitely taught us a lot!

Many desert animals are nocturnal, which means they sleep during the day and come out at night. It can get extremely cold in the desert at night.

Seriously, y’all! The little guy and I are so excited! We’ll finish up Desert Discovery this month and learn about Bees & Butterflies next month. After that, it’s all things Bubbles, Boats, & Floats in May. We can’t wait!

We’re also really looking forward to the summer themes. This year puts us right back where we started with A to Zoo Animals, Art Studio, and Science Lab. I’m interested to see how much more the little guy gets out of each of them now that he’s a few years older.

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Desert Night Cactus Preschool Resist Painting

What you’ll need

Paper
Star Stickers
Crayons
Black Watercolor
Paintbrushes
Baby Wipe

Here’s how to do it

Set Up

Set out inspiration photo and any additional materials.

Prompts

What colors do you see at night?
What desert animals or plants do you want to draw?
What happens if you cover the drawing with black watercolor?
How will you arrange your stars?

Observe

Did the child hold his crayon with a tripod grip while drawing?
What did he choose to draw in her scene?

This was seriously one of the easiest activities that we’ve done in a while. The little guy used a green crayon to draw cactus plants, added some star stickers, and of course painted over everything with black watercolor.

When he was finished, we used a baby wipe to remove some of the excess paint. We just very gently wiped over it, so that we didn’t take away too much of the color.

And that’s it! Quick and easy! You know, because that’s what most preschool homeschool mamas are looking for, right?

Don’t forget to stop by next week if you’re interested in seeing what we’re up to with our Desert Discovery theme. And if you missed this year’s preschool homeschool space post, you can check it out here.

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