Painting with Ice Cubes
These DIY ice cube paints are a chilly and colorful summer boredom buster that lets kids create vibrant watercolor art with simple supplies!
Cost $5
Equipment
- Silicone Ice Cube Tray
- Popsicle Sticks
Ingredients
- Food coloring
- Water
Instructions
- To Prep: Place a silicone ice cube tray on top of a baking sheet. This will help keep the ice cube tray from bending or spilling when moving it in and out of the freezer.
- Fill a silicone ice cube tray with water.
- Add several drops of food coloring to each cube and stir.
- Freeze for 10-15 minutes, until ice is slushy in consistency.
- Remove from freezer and place one popsicle stick half in each cube. Return to freezer until the ice is frozen solid.
Video
Notes
- Freezing the Paints - When freezing the paints, I found it easiest to insert the popsicle sticks when the mixture was in a semi-frozen or slushy state. If it's completely liquid, the sticks won't stand upright. The slushy consistency provides just enough substance to hold them in place.
- For Painting - You can use any type of craft paper or construction paper, but watercolor paper works great because these are a watercolor paint. You can also use these paints on outdoor surfaces, such as the sidewalk. Just be sure to wash right away anything that you don't want to stick around until the next big rain.