Chihuly Inspired Art

It was time to spruce up the classroom for spring.  We looked at images of Dale Chihuly's glass work and we decided to use coffee filters to represent his art . http://www.chihuly.com


I had the children color coffee filters with magic markers. When they were done, the kids put the filters on top of a waxed paper cup. Next, they took a small spray bottle filled with liquid fabric starch and saturated the coffee filter. They dried nice and crisp and easily popped off the cups.
Here is our interpretation:

Preschool Chihuly Art