Pendulum Painting

It’s International Creativity Month, visit the library and get creative by making your own pendulum painting. To make it at home you will need a medium size cardboard box, a dowel rod, about a yard of string, a paper cup, a pencil, an 8x10 canvas, and paint. Using a pencil punch a hole on either side of the box to hold the dole rod in place. Place the canvas in the bottom of the box, using a pencil punch a hole in the bottom of the paper cup and attach the string to the top of the cup. then the other end of the string to the dowel rod. Pour a little paint or mix different colors into the cup and let it swing, creating your own unique artwork.

Science Experiment Day

K–5th Grade

How do the clouds make rain? Watch “water” go through a “cloud” to make rain using water, shaving cream and blue food coloring in a clear cup.