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CREATIVE HIGHLIGHT

Make Homemade Watercolors from Fresh Flowers Gather some vibrantly colored flowers from your garden , neighborhood , or from the store and pull the petals off . Put the petals from each flower in a separate ziploc bag and then add warm water to each bag and zip up . Leave the flowers and water to sit for a couple of hours . Observe which color flower made the most vibrant water . Pour the water from the baggies in small cups . Get your brushes and blank paper and paint using your homemade watercolors .
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