Our Preschooler Project: Ice Cube Painting
With this past winter being soooo cold, and this Spring being WET and STORMY, we just haven’t been outside as much as we’d like. That means someone isn’t getting all her wiggles out, but one activity we discovered is perfect for those indoor days – ice cube painting!
I’ve got a little girl who loves to paint……..so we got creative. So creative, in fact, that she almost didn’t want to participate.
It’s true…..when she saw that this didn’t involve paint brushes, she was NOT interested. I really had to sell her on this. Really!
We placed a piece of regular paper inside a rectangle shaped cake pan. We then poured just a bit of washable paint (various colors) in a few spots around the paper.
We dropped one ice cube, fresh from the freezer, into the cake-pan.
Using a spoon, she then painted —-> scooted the ice cube around the piece of paper and over the paint colors.
She created this masterpiece, which then needed to air dry for an hour or so.
After the paper was completely dry, we cut out a heart using the pretty painted paper and VOILA!
The best part…..clean up was super easy and no paint brushes to wash out. 🙂 Of course, you aren’t using as much paint as you might with another project, so it stretches the paint budget!
A great rainy-day activity!
i have done this too. my girls love it.
This is a great Idea for kids that have not mastered holding on to small items like pencils or paintbrushes.
Very clever idea! My kids are getting tired of the same ol’ same ol’ crafts. And maybe it won’t be too messy… Thanks!
This is a new and different way for the kids to paint. Im sure they love it
This was a fun way to incorporate art into our day. My daughter loves to paint and draw, so when we tried this one, she was amazed at her “master-piece”. Thanks.
Oh this is clever! I’m so going to do this with daughter. Thank You!
i did this with my daughter and she loved it. it was just really messy.
Great idea! I too think a range of ages would enjoy this!
This is such a fun idea for my preschool grandchildren. Also very simple for grandma. In my list of fun projects to do with them.
This is a great idea for Preschoolers. Thank you for sharing! I’m gonna have to pass this project idea along to my daughter’s ‘ol Preschool teacher. I just know she’ll do this with her current students.
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This is such a good idea, my daughter is going to love doing this. I’ll just have to try to keep her from eating the ice (she loves ice)!!
Thanks, Crystal
I love this project. 🙂 May try it myself. 🙂
This is a great idea! My 2 year old loves to paint but she makes such a mess. This is perfect!
This is too cool for the child that gets bored doing the same thing ! That being my 3 year old grandson. He gets tired of coloring in books so we change to sheets, construction paper, boxes etc The same goes with other activities. My verdict Great idea!
What a great idea… washable paint, an ice cube & voila! No more “I’m bored, Mom!”!!! (And easy to clean up, too!!!!)
i think it could be fun with all ages.
That looks really neat! I will have to remember this for the summer when it’s hot too! I think my 6 year old son would enjoy this too!