Have you ever painted with ice?
My highschool bestie, Annie, is a preschool teacher, and has some great summer crafts she is going to share with us on C.R.A.F.T. First up, ice painting.
Materials for Ice Painting:
- liquid watercolor
- tape
- toothpicks
- paper
- ice trays
Step 1 – Fill ice cube tray
Fill an ice cube tray with 90% liquid water color and 10% water.
Step 2 – Tape
Stick a strand of tape directly on top of the ice cube tray, as shown in the picture below. This is so the toothpicks (handles) will stay in place while freezing.
Step 3 – Freeze
Stick the ice cube trays in the freezer for a few hours.
Step 4 – Remove the tape
Simply remove the tape and help the kids get the ice cubs out of the ice cube tray. Now, it’s time to paint!
I is for Ice painting!
Free ice painting download, just double click, save to your desktop, and print as many times as you would like…
Then read this Curious George book about ice cream. George is always a winner in our house!
Comments & Reviews
So cool! Going to do this for my kids who are already out for summer and bored! Visiting from Sunday Craft School.
What a fun idea! My kids are going to love this project this summer. Will be pinning and sharing for sure! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this idea. We recently had an ice cream party for our daughter’s third birthday. This was one of the activities that we decided to do with all of the kids. It was a huge hit and turned out perfectly!!!
http://sunshinydayswithkim.blogspot.com/2013/08/our-ice-cream-party.html
Thanks for sharing 🙂 I’m happy it turned out so well! Your party was adorable!!
Awesome! Can’t wait to break these out for the grandson.
I am always looking for neat creative fun with my kids who BEG to paint on a daily basis…this is GREAT! <3, thanks for sharing!!!
This looks like so much fun! I cannot wait to do this with my kids. I have included this on my blog at http://www.doomestic.com for super useful sites. Thank you so much again!!
Thanks, Tiffany!
Thanks for including this in our Weekly Playdate at Beneath the Rowan Tree!
I am featuring them on this week's link party and you are welcome to come and snag a featured button 🙂
Cheers,
Lori
http://beneaththerowantree.com
saw your great idea on playdate, now google following, would love if you could pop by, Karima x
http://www.karimascrafts.com
I love your theme of free things, I always try and upcycle things as much as I can!
What a great idea! I would love it if you would link up to my Tuesday Confessional link party going on now: http://www.craftyconfessions.com/2011/07/tuesday-confessional-link-up-2.html. I hope to see you soon!
~Macy from Confessions of a SAHM
This is a fabulous idea!
Would you be willing to share this at our Weekly Playdate link party? This week's party is here: http://beneaththerowantree.blogspot.com/2011/07/playdate-link-party-blog-hop-15-all.html
Cheers,
Lori
Come & Play :: Playdate
http://www.beneaththerowantree.com
I love this idea for an outdoor activity to do in our hot Texas weather….. will food coloring work just as well or should I go out and find the liquid watercolor? If so, where do I find it? Thank you!!!!
This sounds like quite a cool idea!
I think I´m trying this, but with foodcoloring, since my kids are used to licking icecubes, and I don´t think they could resist here 🙂
Heeeeeeeey, Handmade Exchange partner! I'm **finally* getting on your blog! I love, love, love this idea! This would be perfect fun for the little girl I nanny. 🙂