Spicy art!

Today we have been exploring herbs and spices. We explored and smelt some different herbs and spices on the discovery table and on the Busy Fingers table we were challenged to pick up some peppercorns with tweezers and move them from one pot to another!

On the creative table we were making spicy pictures! We mixed some herbs and spices, like caraway seeds and paprika, into our glue. We spread the glue onto our pieces of paper and then stuck on lots of other herbs and spices such as peppercorns, coriander seeds and fennel seeds. We explored the colour and texture of our pictures, and of course the wonderful smells! Emily was very keen on making spicy pictures and made two!

This morning we also had a new mystery smell to guess on the discovery table (it was ginger), scented playdough (it smelt of mint!), apple-scented bubble bath in the water tray and scented paint to paint with. We've also started making some beautiful flower pictures that really smell of flowers!