The Tiny Seed would capture the attention of the two-year-olds I
would be teaching at last week's homeschool co-op. The bigger
challenge was finding a craft or art project that would be
simple enough for toddlers but still related to the book. We
decided to make a flower collage out of paper we colored with
the shaving cream marbling technique my girls had enjoyed so
much last year. The marbling makes a fun textured look that is
similar to Carle's art style. I gave each child a cookie sheet
and squirted a pile of shaving cream on top. I asked the
toddlers to show me where to squeeze some paint, and then let
them stir the paint into the shaving cream with the back end of
a paintbrush. It's also helpful to make sure that the shaving
cream is spread over a large enough area so that it will cover
an entire piece of paper. After the paint was mixed, I gave each
child a piece of white card stock and told them to press it
straight down onto the shaving cream. We lifted off the card
stock and wiped the shaving cream