Glad Press'N Seal Collages

This week at Play Group we planned Foam Dough and a puppet show.
Three of the 5 children truly relished this sensory rich activity.

One of the mothers attending saw us with a roll of Glad Press'n Seal to wrap up our lunch leftovers. She had been looking on Pinterest and saw a great deal of activities using clear contact paper, which is harder to find, is relatively expensive and doesn't have a great deal of used- at least not on a daily basis. She wanted to see if Glad Press'N Seal would work for a tissue paper collage and she could use the rest of the roll in the kitchen.

The children were happy to help.....

The tissue paper scraps stuck easily and could even be moved if necessary. And when tested, the stickiness last well over a week taking the items off and on! When children are finished with the collage, place another sheet over the top, press and hang in a window or on the fridge.

We also tested the tissue paper on a wet paper towel. Since the spray bottles (filled with liquid water colors) were so popular with our foam dough activity we filled an empty one with water and then sprayed our paper towel collage.

After leaving overnight to dry, we peeled of the tissue paper to reveal a soft colorful display.

This is a great opportunity to talk about what happened when water was applied to paper. Bonus: both activities use items you may have on-hand and are fairly inexpensive. (Remember to save your used gift bag tissue paper for a free up-cycled art supply.)

 Who doesn't like tissue paper? Instant party!