Thursday, April 19, 2012

Ice Coloring

I saw something similar come up in pinterest, and then saw it again when visiting our local children’s museum, so we gave it a try. We will definitely be doing this lots more over the summer! First step pickup a set of watercolors ($1 at Target) and use whatever ice trays you have around. There are lots of fun shaped ice trays, but I just used the water bottle ones that I have.

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Pushing on the backs of each color, pop them out of the plastic and put one color in each cup. Fill with a small amount of water (about 1/4 cup is more than enough).

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Let the water color sit for about 1/2 an hour and then stir each. Be sure to stir well because the color will settle at the bottom.

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Carefully pour each color or mixture of colors in the ice trays about 3/4 full.

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Pop them in the freezer for a few hours or until your ready to use them.

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Once they’re frozen flip the trays to remove the water color ice. No worries if any break!

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We put each color in it’s own container. That way when they melt down we can just refreeze back in the trays!

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We used cardstock since it absorbs water better than regular printer paper. This kept my toddlers busy for about 40 minutes and the ice was still very solid by then.

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This was a lot of fun for everyone and easy for mom to prep ahead of time!

3 comments:

  1. I love this, especially for the summer. I was thinking of doing a "coloring" theme for D's second birthday (makes for easy entertainment) and this would be a fun addition.

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    1. This would be super fun at a "coloring" party! And that is the perfect theme for a 2 year old party, lucky D!

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