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Rainbow Ice Painting Preschool Activity

A fun hands-on art and science activity for preschoolers! This is great for fine motor and sensory fun. Rainbow ice painting preschool activity is a lot of science and art plus it uses supplies you have at home already.

{Post by Tracy}

With Spring arriving in much of the country, this is a great time to celebrate the colors of the rainbow. This hands-on sensory activity for kids uses favorite science concepts in a rainbow ice painting preschool activity for kids!

It’s easier than you think to create multiple learning activities that are fun for your kids. With simple materials you have in your kitchen you can create a science and art activity for kids! 

Rainbow Ice Painting Preschool Activity

This Rainbow Ice Paint activity was double the fun for me too because we were able to use leftover materials from our rainbow celery science activity! Even if you don’t do a rainbow celery science experiment, here is a fun Rainbow Ice Painting preschool activity for your kids!

Materials for Rainbow Ice Painting Activity:

water

cups (I used glass cups that we could see through)

food coloring of different colors (or you could use washable paint to mix in water)

ice cube trays

watercolor paper (or just some white paper, just let it dry before you pick it up so it does not rip)

Instructions for Rainbow Ice Paint:

A fun hands-on art and science activity for preschoolers! This is great for fine motor and sensory fun. Rainbow ice painting preschool activity is a lot of science and art plus it uses supplies you have at home already.

We used the water in our glasses from the Rainbow Celery Science to create Rainbow Ice paint.

Then. we got out some ice cube trays. I’m all about getting the most use out of what you have.

A fun hands-on art and science activity for preschoolers! This is great for fine motor and sensory fun. Rainbow ice painting preschool activity is a lot of science and art plus it uses supplies you have at home already.

We added each color of the water to different ice cube sections in the ice cube tray.

We talked about what we thought would happen to the rainbow colored water if we put it in the freezer.

We let the rainbow water freeze overnight (you could probably do it in a couple of hours, depending on your ice size and your freezer).

Then, we pulled out the ice trays and talked about how the water froze.

Then, we got out a big piece of watercolor paper and brought it outside along with the rainbow ice.

A fun hands-on art and science activity for preschoolers! This is great for fine motor and sensory fun. Rainbow ice painting preschool activity is a lot of science and art plus it uses supplies you have at home already.

Quick Tip: It was nice to do it outside to prevent a mess. We did it on the grass so it did not stain the concrete.

My kids loved the bright colors of the rainbow ice! They couldn’t wait to touch it all!

Then, I asked them to paint with the rainbow ice. They liked the heart shaped ice from the heart cupcake tray because they were bigger for their hands to hold.

A fun hands-on art and science activity for preschoolers! This is great for fine motor and sensory fun. Rainbow ice painting preschool activity is a lot of science and art plus it uses supplies you have at home already.

Quick Tip: You can use all different shapes of container to create ice shapes for your kids, big and small!

They grabbed the ice and loved rubbing it all over the big paper as it melted. They loved mixing the colors and watching it melt from them holding it and the friction on the paper.

Kids seem to love doing art on a big piece of paper! I loved how each of their creativity was added to the rainbow sign.

We made it into a big Welcome Home sign for grandpa, just returning home from surgery. We drew a big heart with a Welcome message.

And all of this started with Rainbow Celery Science!


Add More Learning Fun:

Science: You could talk about how colors change as you mix them, how water changes when you freeze it.

Reading and Writing: You could write your science observations of rainbow water changes to rainbow ice and read it aloud.

Math: You could count the ice cubes.

Social Skills: Taking turns pouring in the water and food coloring and working together to create one big card for a loved one!

Faith: You could talk about how God’s love starts in your heart and when you soak it up and believe in his love, it spreads through to others like the ice melted and spread all over the paper.

More Movement & Motor Skills: You could add the left over ice back into a bathtub and have them try to grab the rainbow ice with tongs out of the rainbow water.

What are your favorite Rainbow Science Experiments? Let us know if you try the Rainbow Ice Painting preschool activity!

Check out these Rainbow Activities for Kids from YourTwinMom:

Rainbow Cross Craft

Rainbow Rocks Painting Activity

Kids Activities in the Complete Moms Guide

Rainbow Bubble Paint

Enjoy,

TracyA fun hands-on art and science activity for preschoolers! This is great for fine motor and sensory fun. Rainbow ice painting preschool activity is a lot of science and art plus it uses supplies you have at home already.


Tracy MurdockTracy Murdock is a wife and a teacher made mom to twin girls and a boy. She loves to share simple kids crafts and learning activities on her blog Your Twin Mom, so all moms can enjoy their kids and teach them along the way. She loves Jesus, photographing her kids, and has a MA in Education. Follow her on Pinterest.



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April 4, 2018 by Jaimi Erickson 2 Comments Filed Under: activities Tagged With: art, hands-on, homeschool preschool, preschool, rainbow, science, science for toddlers, sensory, Spring, St Patrick's Day, toddlers

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  1. De Knutseljuf Ede says

    March 11, 2022 at 4:49 pm

    Such a fun idea!

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    • Jaimi Erickson says

      March 13, 2022 at 3:14 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply

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