As a Mom raising kids in Canada I’ve experienced my fair share of snow days and I can now claim to have survived a hot Arizona Summer! Both extremes in climate can mean being home bound with the kiddos for days at a time. I’ve found some simple and fun activities that help keep the kids busy on these long days and one of their favourites is colour mixing! Creating the colours of the rainbow is enough to brighten up any snow day and would be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day coming up in a few short weeks!
Have fun indoors with colour mixing
Before starting your color mixing activity, lay down newspaper in your work area just in case of any spills. Next, gather this short list of supplies together:
egg carton
food colouring
eye droppers
water in cups
This is one of my four year olds favourite things to do in the afternoons…snow day or not and even my older kids enjoy colour mixing! This activity is so inexpensive, isn’t too messy and provides some much needed entertainment one days when you’re stuck inside with nowhere to go.
Oh my gosh. This age is my favourite! Clearly the video was cramping her style, but this captures her personality to a T! Oh little miss, what would we do without you! 🙂 #beingthree #livielou #youmakemesmile
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Hello from a fellow Rebecca 🙂 I just stumbled upon your blog and I just have to say that I love this idea and I think my 4.5 and 3 year old would love it too!
This is such a cute idea, just the perfect way to teach little ones what colors to mix together to create new colors!
I was wondering if you know of another place to purchase the droppers? This is such a fun idea, but I don’t think I need 100 droppers like they sell on Amazon. Thanks!
Here’s a set of 12 @Tashia. 🙂 http://amzn.to/1ebtEe7
Thank you!!
My girls would LOVE to play like this!!
My kids would love to do this. Thanks for the great idea. 🙂
My kids LOVE anything that involves colored water and water droppers….fun activity! thanks for sharing!
This looks like so much fun. My kids are still a little too small for this but I’m pinning for future reference. Thanks for sharing, Rebecca. Love your blog design!
What a fun activity! I can imagine that with a few changes of the water in the egg carton, it could entertain little ones for a long time–what a great way to keep them occupied (and within sight) while Mom (or Dad!) is fixing dinner! xoxo
What a fun activity! I bet that with a few changes of the egg carton water it would keep children entertained for a long time.: ) It would be a great way to keep them occupied–and within sight–while Mom (or Dad!) is fixing dinner! xoxo
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