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Have you ever done ice painting? This was a perfect activity for a hot sunny summer day. The kids really enjoyed watching the ice melt and swirling them around as they did.
How to Do Ice Painting WIth Kids
This is a really simple activity to put together! You will likely have all of the supplies on hand already.
Here’s what you need:
Ice cube trays
Food coloring
Popsicle sticks (cut in half)
Fill the trays with water & put a few drops of food coloring in each one. You can mix colors or do different strengths of colors for variety. Put a stick into each & freeze overnight.
Get out lots of paper. I used my newsprint roll of paper (from a newspaper office, I bought the roll end for only $3- it has lasted me for YEARS!)
Then the kids can just pull out the ice cubes and paint away!
It is a great sensory activity and they really loved it!
Make it part of a science lesson:
This could also easily be used in a lesson on states of matter– water freezing and melting.
Somebody wondered if they taste good? Nope, not really. 🙂
Overall, this was a great success. They had so much fun ice painting on this hot Summer day.
What a colorful mess they made!
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