Fun with Light: Water and Colors

This was such a big hit! Water, color, and light? How could it not be awesome!

Again, you need a light table or projector – I prefer a projector because it has so many uses (and you can usually pick them up for under $20). Then I found a plastic container with compartments. Any plastic container will work fine, as long as it's see through!

We started out with basic colors and gave the boys droppers, medicine syringes and no other instruction. The boys started moving colors and mixing water.  Eventually, they added more water and more color.

This was a really fun open ended activity. The boys could do whatever they wanted with the colors. Eventually they filled up the entire container and we had so much fun we decided to freeze the container and make colored ice cubes for a fun afternoon activity!

Before we froze the water, we put little toys and letters in the trays so we could break up the cubes and find treasures. This was a great boredom buster for a cold or rainy day. Be sure to check out my next post when we dabble with light and ice!