{"id":42994,"date":"2020-06-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=42994"},"modified":"2024-01-25T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:14:02","slug":"volcano-watercolor-q-tip-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/volcano-watercolor-q-tip-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting with Vacation Under the Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After building our <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/building-a-volcano\/\">volcano<\/a> for our <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/magic-tree-house-activities\/\">Magic Tree House activity<\/a>. We decided we would do a little more study about volcanoes.<\/p>\n<p>We looked into the shapes and sizes of volcanoes and where you can see them today. <\/p>\n<p>After that, we deiced we would paint our own volcanoes erupting!<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fvolcano-watercolor-q-tip-painting%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F6-2020%2Fvolcano-painting.jpg&#038;description=Volcano%3A%20Watercolor%20%26%20Q-Tip%20Painting%20-%20a%20mix%20art%20painting%20of%20watercolor%20and%20paints%20with%20q-tip%20with%20the%20Magic%20Tree%20House%20Book%20Vacation%20Under%20the%20Volcano%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%233dinosaurs%20%23mixart%20%23watercolor%20%23finemotor%20%23paintingforkids%20%23magictreehouse\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting is a great addition to the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/magic-tree-house-activities\/\">Magic Tree House Activities<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n<p>We have been reading the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679890505\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0679890505&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=68c7b7099ba1a1facc0df1ec838202d5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vacation Under The Volcano<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0679890505\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> and you can also read <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375832203\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0375832203&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=639a5a5273342e1c6395d4ba529fd2b3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House 13: Vacation Under the Volcano<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0375832203\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>. It has some great information about what happens when a volcano goes off.<\/p>\n<p>These are great books and always fun to study more about them.<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago my girls had the chance to look a few dormant volcanoes. We loved looking at the sizes and shapes of all the different types of volcanoes.<\/p>\n<p>This painting project was a great way to explore what we learn then and what we learned about the Pompeii! And you could also do  <a href=\"https:\/\/teachingideas.ca\/2018\/09\/15\/diy-volcano\/\">DIY volcano<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<h2>What you need for the Volcano Painting Activity<\/h2>\n<p>These are all the items we used to make this painting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B013S1A4Q2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B013S1A4Q2&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=391851d249d5e2c14e0972e9527aa03a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watercolors<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B013S1A4Q2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004M59O4C\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B004M59O4C&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=bffee6ead8c82caefd7a8117d49d376d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watercolor paper<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B004M59O4C\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0176QMIEQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B0176QMIEQ&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=610fe5545eb43d3306c61e2f2c739ecb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">q-tip<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B0176QMIEQ\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B074W56CQ4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B074W56CQ4&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=903c34a5b96f931cbd6deaae410eb4b0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paint tray<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B074W56CQ4\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VL5IJO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B002VL5IJO&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=a7b9f22586beb554a0bb78271099b16c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pencil<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B002VL5IJO\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting1.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How we painted our Volcanoes<\/h2>\n<p>The first thing we did was draw with a pencil where the ground was and how tall we wanted out volcano to be. You want to leave space at the top for the exploding part of the volcano.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting2.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Then we started doing some watercolor painting. We started painting the ground and the volcano. The volcano we did a mix of browns and greens colors.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting3.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Then we finished the watercolor painting with the sky. We did a mix of blues from our sky.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting4.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>We use the paint tray with a spread of the colors and white around so that we can mix the colors. You can see how we had a space to mix white and black to make a gray.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting5.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>You can see how we use the q-tip to paint the eruption. This gives the painting a fun texture to the eruption.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting6.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>You can see how the colors also mix on the paper. It is easy to change the colors as you go.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting7.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<p>One of the final colors we added were reds, orange, and yellows for the fire part of the eruption.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting8.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Here is a look at our finish volcano eruptions<\/h2>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting9.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fvolcano-watercolor-q-tip-painting%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F6-2020%2Fvolcano-painting9.jpg&#038;description=Volcano%3A%20Watercolor%20%26%20Q-Tip%20Painting%20-%20a%20mix%20art%20painting%20of%20watercolor%20and%20paints%20with%20q-tip%20with%20the%20Magic%20Tree%20House%20Book%20Vacation%20Under%20the%20Volcano%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%233dinosaurs%20%23mixart%20%23watercolor%20%23finemotor%20%23paintingforkids%20%23magictreehouse\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/6-2020\/volcano-painting10.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano: Watercolor &#038; Q-Tip Painting - a mix art painting of watercolor and paints with q-tip with the Magic Tree House Book Vacation Under the Volcano - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fvolcano-watercolor-q-tip-painting%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F6-2020%2Fvolcano-painting10.jpg&#038;description=Volcano%3A%20Watercolor%20%26%20Q-Tip%20Painting%20-%20a%20mix%20art%20painting%20of%20watercolor%20and%20paints%20with%20q-tip%20with%20the%20Magic%20Tree%20House%20Book%20Vacation%20Under%20the%20Volcano%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%233dinosaurs%20%23mixart%20%23watercolor%20%23finemotor%20%23paintingforkids%20%23magictreehouse\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Also check out these Magic Tree Activities:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/building-a-volcano\">Building a Volcano with Vacation Under The Volcano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/giraffe-lion-painting-with-lions-at-lunchtime\/\">Giraffe &#038; Lion Painting with Lions at Lunchtime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/wild-west-noun-verb-sorting\/\">Wild West Noun &#038; Verb Sorting with Ghost Town at Sundown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/model-phase-of-the-moon\/\">Model of the Phase of the Moon with Midnight at the Moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out all the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/magic-tree-house-activities\/\">Magic Tree House Activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/magic-tree-house-activities\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/9-2019\/magictreehouseactivities.jpg\" alt=\"Learning Fun With the Magic Tree House Books &#038; Activities\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After building our volcano for our Magic Tree House activity. 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