Colour

Chameleon

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Welcome to Colour Chameleon!

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The challenge is made up of 4 parts:

1. Colourful Creations 2. The Science of Colour 3. Colourful Games 4. The Meaning of Colour

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Colourful creations

Crayon Melts

You will need:

Wax crayons in various colours

A sharp knife

A mixing bowl

Silicon fairy cake trays (or other shapes if you can

find them)

Coloured card

Glue

Method

1. Chop up wax crayons into chunks and mix together in bowl. (Do not grate or flake the

crayons as you will not get the desired effect.)

2. Fill moulds with crayon mix. Bake in a very hot oven (230 C) for 15 minutes. Don't worry

if it looks a bit of a mess at this point!

3. Once cooled (you may need to leave it till next week if doing this on a unit night), take

out shapes and mount onto card petals using a glue gun or other strong glue.

If you can find heart shaped moulds, why not create Valentine hearts with a special message

on your mount?

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Crayon Pictures

You will need:

Canvas frame

Wax crayons

Glue gun

Heat gun or hairdryer

Method

1. Glue wax crayons onto the top of the canvas using a glue gun.

2. Holding the canvas upright, melt the crayons using a heat gun or hairdryer. Make sure

you stop before they drip off the bottom of the canvas.

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Clothes-peg Chameleons

You will need:

wooden clothes pegs

glue

white card

felt tip pens or colouring pencils

red paper

Method

1. Copy template onto thin white card and colour your chameleon in bright colours.

2. Cut out the template into two pieces.

3. Glue the top part of the chameleon onto the top of a clothes peg. Then glue the

bottom part onto the bottom of the clothes peg (make sure they line up).

4. Cut a small strip of red paper and roll it up. Glue the end to the clothes pin where

the chameleon's tongue should be.

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Paper Chameleons

You will need:

scissors

1 x A4 coloured card, 2 x 1/4 A4

coloured card

Extra coloured card/paper for tongues and eyes

glue

pen

sticky tape

Method

1. Fold a piece of A4 card in half lengthways.

2. Draw a diagonal line from one corner at the folded edge, to the opposite corner on

the open edge. Cut this line and keep aside the 'non folded' edges.

3. Fold the edge of the paper to the centre on both sides. Open the shape so it

becomes a triangular shape with an uneven edge (this is where you will stick the

head to).

4. Open the side fold but keep the middle fold down - you should be able to see the

fold lines.

5. Make cuts to the folded line on the fold side, cutting through both layers of paper.

6. Open the folds and glue the two uncut sides of paper together.

7. Cut out some legs from your 'non folded' extra bits and glue to the bottom.

8. Take a 1/4 of a piece of A4 paper. Fold over the short side and cut off the excess to

make a square.

9. Open the square and fold in the opposite direction to make a crease in the shape of

an "X".

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10. Cut one of the lines of the X to the centre point. Fold over the triangle to the

adjacent triangle and glue into place. This should give you a pyramid shape.

11. Repeat steps 8 - 10 above, then tape the two pyramids together. This is your head.

Draw eyes on the outside of one of the pyramids.

12. Cut a length of pink or red card and roll to make a 'tongue'. Tape or glue to the

middle of the mouth.

13. Attach the head to the uneven edge of your chameleon's body.

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Coloured Sand

You will need:

Salt

Food colourings

Zip lock bags

Clear jars

Method

1. Pour a cup of salt into a zip-log bag.

2. Add 10-15 drops of food colouring.

3. Squish the bag until the salt is covered evenly.

4. Leave the bags for a few hours until dry (or until next week).

5. Layer different colours of sand in a glass jar to make a lovely gift.

Or: Use the sand to make a picture by swirling glue onto paper and sticking on your

sand.

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Bubble Painting

You will need

Washing up liquid

15 drops of bright food colouring

1/2 cup of water

straws

white A4 card

Method

1. Mix together a squirt of washing up liquid with the water and food colouring.

2. Blow into the mixture using a straw until you have a huge pile of bubbles.

3. Gently press the card onto the bubbles allowing them to pop on the paper.

An extra challenge: Can you make a collage using your bubble paintings in different

colours?

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Shaving Foam Marbling

You will need

Shaving foam

Food colouring or paint

2 x baking trays

A butter knife or similar to mix

Ruler

Card

Method

1. Squirt some shaving foam onto the baking tray. Mix the foam with the knife until you

have covered the whole tray.

2. Using a ruler spread the shaving foam so you have an even layer on the tray.

3. Drop 1 drop of each food colour or paint on the shaving foam, making sure they are

evenly spread out.

4. Using a stick or toothpick swirl the shaving foam to spread the colour in streaks across

the foam.

5. Lay the card on the shaving foam and gently press into the coloured foam mixture.

6. Peel off the card and place on a clean baking tray. Using the ruler wipe off the shaving

foam leaving the colour behind on the card.

7. Place your card in a safe place to dry.

What can you make with your marbled card?

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Paper Plate Rainbows

You will need

Cotton wool

Coloured ribbon - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple

Paper plate

Scissors

Glue

Craft knife (optional)

Method

1. Fold a paper plate in half and cut along the fold.

2. Cut slits into the paper plate in a fan leaving about 1 cm at the top edge and making sure

the slits don't join each other at the bottom.

3. Weave the red ribbon through the slits (over one section, under the next) and push to

the edge of the plate.

4. Repeat with the orange, yellow green, blue and purple ribbons in that order. Make sure

that you alternate the starting sections of the ribbons so you get a weave effect.

5. Once you have woven all the ribbons, trim one end to leave about 15cm length. Trim

the other end so that it is even with the paper plate.

6. Clue the ribbons on both sides of the plate to make sure they stay in place.

7. Fluff up 1 or 2 cotton wool balls and glue onto the plate, covering the short edge ribbon.

8. Punch a hole at the top of the rainbow and tie a piece of ribbon through the whole so

you can hang up your rainbow.

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Colour a Flower

You will need

A colour of paint.

Black and white paint

Flower worksheet (appendix 1)

Method

Chose ONE colour. Pain an unmixed sample into circle B. Add white to your colour and use

the mix to paint circle A. Lastly ad black to your original pure colour and use the mix to

paint circle C.

Use the colours you have mixed to paint the flower as realistically as you can.

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Stained Glass Rainbows

You will need

Black paper or card

Coloured tissue paper

Glue

Scissors

Method

1. Cut 'windows' in the black paper in the shape of a rainbow.

2. Stick tissue paper onto the back of the windows.

3. Hold your rainbow to the light so see the colours!

Design a Butterfly

You will need

Paint, coloured pens or pencils.

Attached template printed onto white card/paper

Method

Using the attached template, design a beautiful butterfly using as many colours as you like.

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Colourful Cupcakes

You will need

150g (5 oz) lightly salted butter, softened

150g (5 oz) caster sugar

175g (8 oz) self-raising flour

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Assorted food colourings

Icing sugar to decorate

Mixing bowls – enough to separate out the colours

Wooden spoons (or electric whisk, if you’re cheating)

Cake cases

Method

Makes 12

Cooking time: 20 minutes

1. Pre-heat oven to 180○C (350○F), gas mark 4.

2. Line a baking tray with 12 cake cases.

3. Put all the ingredients (except the food colouring) in a bowl and beat until light and

creamy.

4. Divide the mixture into separate bowls and colour using the food colouring.

5. Divide the mixture between the cases.

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6. Bake in oven for 20 minutes of until risen and firm to the touch.

7. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

8. Decorate.

9. Eat.

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Pom-pom bookmarks

You will need

Wool

Scissors

Method

1. Wrap wool around your 3 middle fingers 90-100 time.

2. Cut the wool off and ease gently off your finger.

3. Cut a separate piece of wool around 12-15 cms.

4. Tightly tie the wool around the middle – do it a couple of times just to be sure.

Remember to leave enough wool for the tail of your bookmark.

5. Cut the loops of wool.

6. Fluff out into the shape of a pom-pom.

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Rainbow Button Bracelets (1)

You will need

Buttons in the colours of the rainbow

Elastic sewing thread or thin round elastic (this will depend on size of holes in the

buttons)

Method

1. Thread elastic through buttons in sets of Rainbow colours until long enough to go round

wrist. If using elastic sewing thread you may need to go through all again to make it

strong enough.

2. Tie the ends of elastic in a knot joining ends making a circle for wrist.

Rainbow Button Bracelets (2)

You will need

Buttons in colours of the rainbow

Thin round elastic or thin cord (this will depend

on the size of holes in the buttons)

Method

1. Take a folded length of elastic or cord long enough to pass through both holes on button

lying flat plus about 1-2 cm (enough to make a loop which will go over the end button)

2. Fold elastic or cord in half and make a loop big enough to go over the first button.

3. Begin to thread both the elastic or cord lengths through the buttons passing both

lengths through each button, either in a straight pattern or criss-cross pattern.

4. When both lengths have been through all the buttons tie the two ends together in a

knot.

5. Pace around wrist and pass the looped end over the first button to secure.

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Rainbow Button Necklace

You will need

Buttons in colours of the rainbow

Length of ribbon or cord or thong (any width as long

as it will go through the holes in the buttons)

Method

1. Begin to thread the ribbon through the buttons passing through two holes so the

buttons lie flat.

2. Knot the ribbon or cord or thong before the first button and after the last button so they

do not slide off.

3. Tie round neck.

Single Colour Button Necklace

You will need

Buttons in colour of choice

Length of ribbon or cord or thong in same or

contrast colour (any width as long as it will go

through the holes in the Buttons)

Method

1. Begin to thread the ribbon or cord or thong through the buttons passing through two

holes so the buttons lie flat.

2. Knot the ribbon or cord or thong before the first button and after the last button so they

do not slide off.

3. Tie round neck.

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Letter Mobile

You Will Need

Coloured Card

Pieces of dowel or garden cane or plastic rod

String or thread

Method

1. Cut out large letters, either all one colour or each

in a different colour

2. Make or punch a small hole in uppermost part of letter

3. Take 2 pieces of dowel/cane/plastic rod and fix together in X shape with string or strong

thread

4. Tie each letter to a piece of thread or string using different lengths

5. Tie each string/thread to ends of cane and one from the cross in the middle

6. Tie a piece of string from the cross to hang.

Options

Try using letters could be in person’s name or spell the colour if using only one.

Try gluing coloured buttons to the letters or sprinkling with glitter

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Letter Pictures

You Will Need

2 Pieces of card, any colour

PVA glue

Buttons/tissue paper in one colour

Method

1. Draw a letter in the middle of one piece of card

2. Cover letter area with glue

3. Put buttons/tissue paper onto glue to cover letter shape

4. Cut out centre of 2nd piece of card large enough to see letter below.

5. Glue ‘frame’ card over base card.

Options

Pieces of coloured paper or material could be glued to letter shape

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Letter Wall Hanging

You Will Need

Piece of material about A4 size, rectangle or square

Buttons in colour of choice

2 pieces dowelling/cane/plastic rod

String or strong thread for hanging

Sewing needle, scissors and thread in appropriate colour

Method

1. Draw out a letter onto the material.

2. Hem all round making a channel at the top and bottom to insert a piece of

dowelling/cane or plastic rod.

3. Sew buttons on over letter area

4. Put dowelling/cane/plastic rod into channel top and bottom

5. Tie string or strong thread to both ends of top dowel/cane/rod and hang

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The Science of Colour

Homemade Blusher

You will need:

beetroot powder

corn flour

cocoa powder (optional)

small bowl

spoon

make up brush (to apply)

Method

Mix 2 tbs of beetroot powder to 1 tbs of corn flour in a small bowl, making sure you break

apart any clumps. Add a little cocoa powder to make it a little darker or a little more

beetroot powder if you want to make it brighter.

Make a Rainbow

You will need

Red, Blue and Yellow paint

Paper

Method

Can you paint a rainbow, showing all the colours of the rainbow but using only the three

primary colours.

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Colour Spinners

You will need

White card, cut into circles

Red, Blue, Green and Yellow felt tip pens.

Pencil

Method

Divide the card into quarters. Colour each quarter a different colour.

Push the pencil through the middle and spin the wheel like a spinning top. Look closely -

how many colours do you see? Does it make a difference how fast you spin it?

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Tasting Colours

You will need

Lemonade

Food colouring

Method

Mix a few drops of food colouring into a jug of lemonade. Repeat with 2 different

colours. Ask girls to taste each drink and decide what flavour each is.

Once you have revealed the 'true' flavour, discuss with the girls why they think that

they thought they were different flavours.

Why not add some food colouring whilst cooking spaghetti and ask the girls what flavour

the spaghetti is?

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Absorbing Science

You will need

Water

Clear plastic container with low sides

Coloured pens

food dye

plastic cups

paper towels (thicker paper towels work best)

Method - Experiment 1

1. Make some dots using pens on the bottom of a sheet of paper towel.

2. Fold the top of the paper towel over the container so that your coloured dots are inside

the container, but not resting on the bottom.

3. Slowly pour in water so that it just touches the bottom of the paper towel.

4. Watch carefully as the water slowly makes it way up the paper towel towards the

coloured dots. When the water reaches the tot the colour starts to rise! This is because

the towel is absorbing the water and taking the ink with it.

Method - Experiment 2

1. Fill a plastic cup with some water and add a few drops of food colouring.

2. Roll up some paper towel and place one end in the cup with the water, and the other in

an empty paper cup beside it.

3. Watch as the coloured water travels up the paper towel and makes its way into the

empty cup so that both cups have the same amount of water.

Method - Experiment 3

1. Fill 2 cups with water. Add blue food colouring to one cup and yellow food colouring to

the other.

2. Put an empty cup between the two paper cups.

3. Roll up 2 paper towels: place the end of one towel into the blue dye and one end of the

other into the yellow cup. Put the other end of both towels into the empty cup. Watch

as the water makes its way into the empty cup and creates green water.

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The Meaning of Colour

Who is your colour?

Chose a colour and imagine they are a person. What are they like? What is their

personality? Create a poster showing your colour as a person and share it with the rest of

your unit. Why do you think we associate different things with different colours? (e.g.

Red=angry, Blue=peaceful)

Colour around us

Did you know that T.V. programs are 'graded' to bring out certain colours. For example, the

colour blue is highlighted in 'The Apprentice' as this is the colour of business. Over the week

look out for different T.V. shows and the colours that appear most in them. Discuss the

shows you have chosen with others in your patrol or unit and what colour themes appear.

What do you think the program makers are trying to highlight?

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Colour in nature

Animals use colour to act as a warning, to camouflage or to give a message. Choose and animal and research how it uses colour. Make a poster to share with your unit, showing how the animal uses colour.

Colour tribes

People use colour as part of a uniform and to associate them with a certain group of people.

For example football teams, guide uniform.

Gangs also use colours to show that they are members of the same gang. Why do you think

they do this? Discuss the impact of what colours can mean to people both in the same 'unit'

or a different. How can this create problems?

Colour Blindness

Some people suffer from colour blindness which affects their ability to distinguish between

different colours. Is there anyone in the unit who suffers from this? What kind of

difficulties will they face in everyday life? Consider, for example, the colours in traffic lights,

food and drawing. Can you think of any ways which might help someone who suffers from

colour blindness?

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Adding Colour

You will need

Black and white photos (e.g. from newspapers)

Coloured pencils or felt tip pens.

Method

Look at a selection of black and white (from e.g. newspapers). Discuss as a

patrol/group what colours you think are in the photos.

Try “colouring” the photos with pencils or pens – can you all agree on the colours to

be used.

Compare your coloured picture with another group/patrol – what differences are

there?

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Colourful Games

Rainbow Ladders

This game is a glorified race – divide the girls into teams of 5 or 6 ( you can play with more

or less though) and line them up at one end of the hall.

We usually put a chair or something similar at the opposite end of the hall for them to run

round.

You are going to tell a story of an artist painting a picture - give the girls each a name – so

the first person in each team might be ‘Blue’, the second ‘red’, someone might be ‘brush’ –

ie name one person in each team after something you are going to say repeatedly while

telling the story.

As you tell the story every time you use the word that a child is named after they have to

run round the chair and then back to their place – the first team to be back wins the point.

If you use the word ‘Easel’ or another word chosen by you the whole team has to run

Obviously much more fun if you repeat the same name time and time again so the girls end

up exhausted!

I would start along the lines of :

Mr Colour, the artist decides to paint a picture. He sets up his easel

(everyone runs) attaches his canvas to the easel (everyone runs) and then

chooses a brush (if someone is called brush they run). He decides to paint

the sky blue (person called blue runs), so puts his brush (brush runs) in

the blue (blue runs) paint etc. etc. – let your imagination run away with

you – doesn’t matter if the story is totally silly.

We also play basically the same game telling the story of Ma Brown making a pot of lentil

soup (the girls are called after the ingredients and every time I say pot or basket they all

run), or making a Christmas cake!

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Coloured Steps

This is again a team race.

Everyone needs a partner and they should sit in two lines facing their partner with their legs

stretched out so their feet are touching their partners feet. Tell them to sit on their fingers

and ensure that there is a good gap between each ‘rung’ of the ladder the unit should have

formed.

Instead of numbering the girls give them all a colour – so number one is blue, two is red,

three is yellow etc. You then simply call out one colour at the time and the girls have to

‘run’ down your ladder ( jumping over each individual set of legs – hence why they should

be spaced out) and then run back up your hall to the top of the ladder, where they should

jump over any remaining legs from the top of the ladder until they are back in their place.

First girl back and seated correctly get the point for her team

Fruit Salad

Put all the chairs in a circle and give each girl a colour (each colour should have about 4-5

girls).

Remove one seat.

The girl without a seat stands in the middle and calls out a colour, all the girls who have that

colour need to change seats with each other and the girl in the middle also has to try to get

one of the seats. One person will be left without the seat and chooses the next colour

If you want all the girls to change seats call out "rainbow".

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Colour Tag

Pick about 4 people to be 'taggers'. Set boundaries (you want an open space ie: school

gym).

Call out a colour (everyone wearing red for example) and then everyone wearing that colour

(or can do patterns, ie: stripes, plaid etc) has to run across. If they are tagged, they sit out.

If the caller calls out: "color tag" then everyone runs. If the caller calls out "energizer" then

everyone sitting out can rejoin in the game.

Word-search

Print out the word-search attached. How quickly can you find all the words?

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a r r a i n b o w e

g r e e n e a r t d

f r d e d e r a s f

n u g u i d i n g h

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b l a c k e n d e n

r u i n d w e d n a

o e v i o h l e y t

w o r b v i o l e t

n a r u h t d g e j

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Can you find the colours of the rainbow?

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Indigo

Violet

Rainbow

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d d a

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y e l l o w e

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PAINT A FLOWER

1. Chose ONE colour. Pain an unmixed sameple into circle B. Add white to

your colour and use the mix to paint circle A. Lastly ad black to your original

pure colour and use the mix to paint circle C.

2. Use the colours you have mixed to paint the flower as realistically as you

can.

A B C

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