Budding Artists / Coloured Ice Cube Painting
Coloured Ice Cube Painting
Younger children paint with frozen coloured ice cubes, watching colours melt and mix on paper.
How to run it
- The day before, freeze water with food colouring or watery paint in ice trays with sticks.
- Set out thick paper outdoors.
- Children slide ice cubes across the paper.
- Watch colours melt and blend.
- Talk about melting and colour mixing.
You will need
- ice cube trays
- food colouring or washable paint
- paddle pop sticks
- thick paper
Make it easier or harderYounger children enjoy free painting; older children can predict colour mixes.
SafetyRemind children not to eat the coloured ice.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4, Outcome 3Children explore melting and colour through sensory art.
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