Dandy

Dandy, by Ame Dykeman and Charles Santoso, was released earlier in 2019 and quickly became a family favorite. When the sweet daughter, aptly named Sweety, befriends a dandelion in her dad’s pristine lawn, he is faced with the choice to destroy the imperfect weed or destroy his daughter’s joy. The many attempts to take out the weed will have your little one laughing and the end will have you tearing up. This book truly is dandy!

To make your own Dandy project you will need:

To create a field of Dandy dandelions begin with some oil pastel green stems and grass. Now for the magic: have the children paint the whole page with blue water color, right over their oil pastel. The oil resists the water and allows the color to shine through – ta-da! (For over eager painters, sop up puddles with paper towel before the next step). Then dip the tines of the fork in the yellow paint and stamp the fork shape on the paper. Repeat turning the fork in all directions to create the texture of a dandelion.