Did you know?
Cotton grows on a plant! The fluffy white fibres grow inside a pod called a boll.
People of the Indus Valley made cotton cloth long, long ago.
Cotton feels soft because it is made of many tiny, thin fibres.
Try this: Cotton Ball Sheep
Clip a cotton ball with a clothes peg. Dip it in white or light-coloured paint. Dab it on paper to make a fluffy sheep body. Add a black face and legs with a crayon. Try making clouds or a snowman too! Wash your hands when you finish.
Go further: Pictures Made of Dots
Long ago, a French artist named Georges Seurat painted with tiny dots. Up close, you just see dots. Step back, and the dots become a park with people and trees! This way of painting is called pointillism. Your cotton-ball dabs work in the same way. Try a dotty rainbow!
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