1st O poured water into the ice cube tray
Then she squeezed in the food coloring. She had a lot of fun mixing colors. We put straws in the ice cubes to use as handles while she painted.
We put the ice tray in the freezer and forgot about it for a week. I finally remembered, and O had lots of fun painting with her ice cubes :) She painted on posterboard with the shiny side down. You need thick paper since the ice cubes melt and things get quite watery :)
After she was finished, I put the ice cubes back in the freezer to save for another hot day!
What a fun idea, especially to do outside in the summer!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! My son is pretty messy. Did the food coloring stain the shirt or the skin at all? =)
ReplyDeleteYes, it did stain her hands and shirt. It came off her hands after a day or so, and I don't know if it came off the shirt or not. I had an old t-shirt of Elliott's over her clothes, so it wasn't that big of a deal.
ReplyDeleteOops! That last comment is from me. I was signed in as my mom :)
ReplyDeletegreat activity- will kirsty this later!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the idea! We enjoyed doing it, and I posted our results on my blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this idea! We tried it out and I loved it so much that I posted our experience here.
ReplyDeleteAnother idea is to use KOOL AID instead of food coloring. Then the kids can lick em too. The KOOL AID smells wonderful too.
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