Painting On Ice!

I knew when I researched this activity that my toddlers would LOVE this activity, but that my 8 and 10 year olds would be dubious at first, and I was proved correct...

YOU'LL NEED

• Paint or Food Colouring

• Water

• Bowl

• Paint Brush

• Tray

• Freezer!

PREP TIME: Overnight + 5 minutes

ICE:

• Fill some bowls with water and freeze them overnight.

PAINT:

• Ad 10ml liquid food colouring to 50ml water to use as paint; OR

• Finger paint (store bought or see recipe in our blog post HERE); OR

• Use Waterpaint

PLAY INVITATION:

Get everything ready and let your toddler or child discover it by themselves!

AND HERE IT IS:

BABIES:

• Let them touch and explore the paint and ice with their hands and feet.

• Make sure they don't play too long! The intense cold can become painful.

• VARIATION: Put the paint/food colouring into the water before you freeze it for a more contained mess.

TODDLERS:

• Teach them about colours and how primary colours mix together.

• VARIATION: Freeze items into the ice!

OLDER KIDS:

• They might be sceptical at first, but it soon turns into fun!

• VARIATION: Give them some salt to pour over the ice while painting. It makes cool craters and bumps to paint.

I know this will be loads of fun!

Woelwatermamma