Painting with scented paints in preschool

October 15, 2011 in Educational, Featured with 6 Comments

Fall is a great time of year to experiment with scents. Preschool students love to paint. Why not allow them to paint with scented paint?

We used orange paint because it is a common color for the fall season. We added some common scents to the bowls of paint. We added cinnamon to one bowl, all spice to one bowl, and apple cider mix to another bowl.?

The students did free art painting while they smelled the fall-scented paints. Even after the paintings dried, the scents were still there on the paper two days later.

6 Responses to “Painting with scented paints in preschool”

Trisha October 15, 2011 at 11:39 pm #

Great idea! I want to try this with my preschool class!
Deanna October 15, 2011 at 11:40 pm #

What a wonderful way to engage all the senses into a fun, fall activity! Wow!
Brenna Phillips October 16, 2011 at 7:49 am #

Thanks for stopping by my blog for this idea. Scented paints was a great activity and the students loved smelling the fall scents while they painted free art pictures.
Brenna Phillips October 16, 2011 at 7:50 am #

Great. It is easy and inexpensive and a great sensory art project idea. Thanks for stopping by for ideas.
kristin @ preschool daze October 16, 2011 at 8:49 am #

well, i think i’m glad i found you!
Brenna Phillips October 16, 2011 at 9:04 am #

Thanks! and Welcome to my blog. Thanks for stopping by.