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July 1, 2014 by bekki

Kids Activities: Ice Cube Painting! (Stay cool on a HOT day!)

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It has been HOT HOT HOT around this neck of the woods so today’s kid’s activities was based around staying cool. Ice Cube Painting is a great way to cool off while learning a little about color mixing and art.

I actually got the supplies ready last week for our ice cube painting and waited for the hottest day yet to get the kids to painting! We decided to have a cool snack of ice cool watermelon to start our outside activities and then headed right into painting.

ice cube painting

 

I absolutely love working with watercolor magic when crafting and have found 100’s of uses for them. Definitely worth the cost of picking up a few bottles for crafting with your toddler. This is what we used for making the ice cube paints for this project.

watercolor

Ice Cube Painting

Items Needed:

  • Ice cube tray
  • Sargent Art Watercolor
  • Water
  • Paper (we used a white poster board since it’s such a messy project)
  • Outside area ( I will tell ya one more time…….it’s messy!!)
  • Rags for wiping up messy hands

Directions:

  1.  You will want to prepare for your ice cube painting project the night before. Take you liquid watercolors and pour enough paint in each ice cube whole with enough paint to cover the bottom of the tray. About 1/4 of an inch will be enough. Use a different color for each hole.
  2. Add water to the watercolor almost to the top of the ice cube tray. Don’t overfill or your colors will run together.
  3. Place in the freezer and let freeze overnight.
  4. Gather your supplies for painting and make it outside. This will make a huge mess in the house and actually it is better to play with the ice cold cubes in the heat of the day!
  5. Place your paperwork on a table and place the colored ice cubes on the paper and let them begin to explore.
  6. You can talk about hot and cold and the difference in them and also show them what happens when you mix the colors together.

Some of your kiddos will really like the ice cold cubes and some will shy away. Don’t worry there is no wrong way to play with them. Just kick back and enjoy the time with the kids and try and stay cool out there!

ice cube painting 1

 

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  1. krystel says

    July 1, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    this is so cute and creative. for the kids

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  2. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    July 31, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    That is such a neat idea. My kids would love it.

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  3. Kay Adeola says

    July 31, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    This is a great idea.I will have to try this soon when the sun decided to come back,it has gone in to hiding at the moment lol.

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  4. Dawn says

    July 31, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    This is one of the best projects for toddlers that I’ve seen. Toddlers love to create, and they love to be messy. This hits both of those right on the head.

    Reply
  5. Jaime says

    July 31, 2014 at 3:23 pm

    When it’s super hot out, we tend to stay indoors. This would be perfect for our back porch, though!

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  6. Courtney says

    July 31, 2014 at 3:26 pm

    My daughter would love this! She’s very creative, and she loves making a mess. =D

    Reply
  7. Amanda Love says

    July 31, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    I saw this done once before and thought it was such a cool idea. I may have to do this shortly with my toddler when it starts heating up again. We’ve been having lots of rain here.

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  8. Cassie @ Southeast by Midwest says

    July 31, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    I’ve never heard of doing something like this. It’s so cool, my niece would love it!

    Reply
  9. Everyday Living with Chrys says

    July 31, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    This looks like it could be fun for older kids too. Kiddo loves painting.

    Reply
  10. Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says

    July 31, 2014 at 6:27 pm

    Ohh! I know a couple of kids around here who would LOVE this!! Thanks!

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  11. Mitch says

    July 31, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    That is genius! I have never seen that before. Thanks for this art info!
    Mitch

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  12. Rachael says

    July 31, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    This is a cool idea! My grandkids would love to do this.

    Reply
  13. Krystal says

    August 1, 2014 at 12:32 am

    Sounds like an amazing idea. My son would try to eat the ice though!

    Reply
  14. Pam says

    August 1, 2014 at 1:23 am

    This is such a neat idea! I have never heard of ice cube painting before.

    Reply
  15. Debra says

    August 1, 2014 at 1:49 am

    That is an awesome idea. I’m def going to try this with the kidlets!

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  16. Debbie Denny says

    August 1, 2014 at 2:54 am

    Very cool idea. Looks like a lot of fun for kids.

    Reply
  17. kristin says

    August 1, 2014 at 3:51 am

    That is so fun my kiddos would love this!!!! So simple and perfect for summer too.

    Reply
  18. Beth@KCMompreneurs says

    August 1, 2014 at 4:31 am

    What a fun activity. I may have to do that with my kids before they go to school.

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  19. Jenn @TheRebelChick says

    August 1, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    This is such a fun idea!! I bet my little niece and nephew would love a fun project like this!

    Reply
  20. Rosey says

    August 1, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    This is an easy, fun, cool idea. I love it!

    Reply
  21. Shell says

    August 1, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    This looks like such fun! We’ll have to try it!

    Reply
  22. Tracey says

    August 1, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    This is a really creative craft idea. It looks like a lot of fun!

    Reply
  23. Carly Brydon says

    August 1, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    This is a super fun activity! I can’t wait to try this out with my daughter.

    Reply
  24. lisa says

    August 1, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    What a creative idea! My twins would eat them right now, but I’m filing this away for a few years down the road.

    Reply
  25. Christie says

    August 1, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    What a fun project! My kids would be all over this!

    Reply
  26. Carly Bellard says

    August 1, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    This is such a cool idea- pun 100% intended! I will need to do this with my little ones!

    Reply
  27. Debbie L. says

    August 1, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    This is such a great idea! Davey and Isa would LOVE it!

    Reply
  28. Tami says

    August 1, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    What a fun idea! My friend and I are having a camp later on in August and I think this would be a fun activity to do with the younger kids. We are also having a slip and slide, which is always a summer favourite!

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  29. Chrysa says

    August 1, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    Messy but total FUN for the kiddos!! oh wait I want to play, too!!! Thanks for the idea.

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  30. Liz Mays says

    August 1, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    That’s a super fun way to keep cool. I’m all for artistic expression too, so this is fantastic.

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  31. Tonia says

    August 2, 2014 at 1:23 am

    This is so awesome. What a great way to give kids an activity to do that is fun and messy!

    Reply
  32. Dawn says

    August 2, 2014 at 1:41 am

    This is extremely cool! I have never heard of something like this until now! Now my daughter and I want to try it out ourselves!

    Reply
  33. Ann Bacciaglia says

    August 2, 2014 at 2:00 am

    Fun idea! I have never heard of mixing paint with ice. I love this idea. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  34. Brett says

    August 2, 2014 at 2:38 am

    This is so creative! The kids would love doing this … we’ll have to give it a try!

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  35. Marina @ Mommy Snippets says

    August 2, 2014 at 3:29 am

    What an awesome idea! I love it. Perfect for a hot summer day.

    Reply
  36. Jennifer says

    August 2, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    oh my gosh this is too brilliant. Love the idea. I should have come up with it lol

    Reply
  37. Dina says

    August 2, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    what a great kids activitiy. I would have loved an activity like this when I was teaching preschool.

    Reply
  38. Amanda says

    August 3, 2014 at 3:17 am

    Oh my! This looks like so much fun! My kids would LOVE this!

    Reply
  39. Felicia says

    August 3, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    This is such a smart idea! I am going to have to try this with my 3 year old. He would love it.

    Reply
  40. April Smith Decheine says

    August 5, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    Oh wow I never thought of that when my kids were little, that is such a cool idea. You could use jello too.

    Reply
  41. StacieinAtlanta says

    August 5, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    What a neat idea! I would have never thought to freeze the paint for the kids. Too cool!!

    Reply
  42. Shannon Gosney says

    August 6, 2014 at 12:19 am

    This is so creative! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  43. Racquel says

    August 6, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    This looks like so much fun! My kids would think this was the best day!

    Reply

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