Ice Painting With Kids
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I’ve seen a lot of ice cube paintings out there, where you color some ice cubes with some food coloring. It often gives a watercolor effect, often very pastel. Instead of just coloring ice cubes, we froze entire cubes of paint, I used Crayola washable paints with just a dash of water to top it off. It was a wonderfully sensory experience. Crushing the frozen paint and swirling it around the page was a lot of fun! This really is such a fun and inexpensive craft to whip up for the kids! Who knew ice could be so fun!
You get a great result with acrylic but for younger children, I’d definitely recommend an easy wash paint so that the kids get an even greater sensory experience by being allowed to touch the icy paint. Don’t forget to use new language and descriptive words like, “frozen,” “swirl,” “melt,” “spread,” “slide” etc. This will help with their language development and you get 121 time with your kids! Check the link below for the full tutorial….