Hair Gel Paintings

Recently, the children and I created some hair gel paints using clear hair gel from the dollar store, liquid watercolor, glitter, and sequins.  It was a great lesson on color mixing. We used these paints this week to create mini masterpieces.  The children created some beautiful paintings.  The hair gel smells great and it dries leaving behind a cool textured painting.

This is an image of a painting before the hair gel was dry.

This is how the painting looks after the hair gel was dry.  Some of the gel evaporates so you don't know how it will look when its done.  The children really enjoyed this project.