Easy Color Awareness and Painting Activity Using Ice Cubes

What you will need:

• Water
• Food dye of your choice
• Ice cube trays
• Paper or another surface to paint on
• Optional: Paint brush(es)

Instructions:

Pour water into ice cube trays. Add food dye of your choice and mix. Freeze until solid. Remove the colors you want from the trays, place on paper or other painting surface, and let the fun begin!

Looking to make the activity educational, too?

Have your child use the color mixing log and/or guide (​see resource library​) to predict what colors mixing will result in, add up how many drops of each color it takes to make a new color (and how many drops each cube has total), and ask them to label (and, if capable, write) the color words they are discussing. You can also have your child describe (verbally or in writing) the sensory experience of painting with the ice cubes.

Want access to the color mixing guide and log? Be sure to subscribe to my free resource library to get this, and many other great printables for you and your children.