Ice Painting - Arts, Crafts and DIY

Coloured Ice painting! Let the Mess begin.

Material

1 Ice Cube Tray
Water for Ice
Multiple Food Colouring

Method

Put drops of different colours in each ice cube space, get creative and even mix colours, the kids will love seeing the mixtures.
Fill tray with water, be careful not to overfill. Then place in Freezer.
Once the cubes are set, empty them out onto cardboard and let the fun begin. The colour mixing is heaps of fun and so much learning is done.

Notes

This is a fun Summer activity for outside. You can always just let them mix the colours in tubs and pools if you don't have card handy. the children love watching the colours mix together and also the fun of trying to hold the ice, which can get slippery :)

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This project was posted by:

- michelle_margetts
- 26 Feb 2014
  2:14 pm

101 Comments

- - Mumofboys said
  - 24 Mar 2021
    10:55 pm
I love this idea!!!

- - Kylie said
  - 20 Oct 2020
    11:09 am
What a great idea for summer. Thanks for sharing.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    5:05 pm
A fun way to cool down on a hot day

- - Petal53 said
  - 29 Apr 2020
    1:06 pm
I used to stick a paddle pop in each ice cube before freezing so the children had something to hold on to for a while to prevent frozen fingers.

- - mom462038 said
  - 07 Apr 2020
    5:42 pm
Oh how much mess to be made from this activity! But don’t we all know that mess equals FUN

- - mom19782016 said
  - 21 Nov 2019
    5:02 pm
Great in all this hot weather coming up

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Oct 2019
    10:22 am
They would be cold to hold onto for any amount of time. Looks like lots of fun and very messy

- - MrsA said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    2:30 pm
What a messy and fun activity. Awesome!

- - kjgarner said
  - 22 Jun 2018
    9:49 pm
Your fingers would be freezing by the end of it.
- kjgarner replied
  
  28 Jun 2018 , 8:54 pm
  And probably stained too by the looks of it Ha ha
  - mom19782016 replied
    
    11 Apr 2019 , 12:29 pm
    
    So a winning combination and the kids will love it!
- - mom297125 said
  - 26 Apr 2018
    1:36 pm
Tomorrows art and craft project. What a fabulous idea before the cold weather comes. Kids are excited to start painting but finding it hard having to wait till ice goes hard

- - mom160421 said
  - 01 Aug 2017
    12:51 pm
I love this idea. A very cool activity in the hot summer holidays.

- - mom111059 said
  - 23 Aug 2016
    8:22 am
That would be cold on the hands. Looks like loads of fun and very messy. Thanks for sharing.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 18 Jun 2016
    7:27 pm
Great idea for the warmer months. Assuming you do this outside?! lol

- - Ali9229 said
  - 15 Dec 2015
    11:51 am
such an awesome idea.

- - mom62624 said
  - 25 Nov 2015
    7:05 pm
Thanks for sharing this fun and ingenious idea!.

- - donnamcdiarmid said
  - 25 Oct 2015
    11:02 pm
so so easy and with the warm weather this is going to be so much fun

- - 4littlemunchkins said
  - 23 Oct 2015
    6:53 pm
This is very cool. A great summer activity.

- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    11:20 pm
two kiddos making future

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 17 Aug 2015
    6:48 pm
fun, cold and the kids will love it in summer, thanks for sharing

- - mom152736 said
  - 07 Aug 2015
    9:19 am
sounds like fun summer activity . Probably kids can wear gloves if they want to