Fun Ice Blocks!

[Sprouts]

I'm sure some of you have done this millions of times, but for newbies like me I thought this would be fun

Making colorful ice blocks or ice spheres with empty 1/2 gallon milk cartons or balloons and filling them with water and food dye or tempera paint

U can do a google search for more ideas, here is one below

http://pepperpaints.com/2011/01/18/colorful-ice-blocks-to-play-with-outside/

[Sunshine74]

That looks like fun. I would like to make smaller blocks too, for stacking.

Also, check this out Salt Ice Sculptures You freeze blocks of ice, then let the children put table salt or Epsom salt (or both) and use eye droppers to add color with liquid watercolor or food color in water.

[daycarediva]

We do the balloons every year. The kiddos love them. Also, I get empty squirt bottles, fill with warm water & food coloring and let the kids 'spray' the snow. Awesome free art, my yard is very pretty!

[Fruitloops1]

That looks like so much fun! I wish we were actually getting some snow so we could actually play in it. There is no point of it being so cold without any snow. POINTLESS.

[Sprouts]

That looks like fun. I would like to make smaller blocks too, for stacking.

Also, check this out Salt Ice Sculptures You freeze blocks of ice, then let the children put table salt or Epsom salt (or both) and use eye droppers to add color with liquid watercolor or food color in water.

The bricks are for stacking, u can have the children help each other make a colorful brick wall

[e.j.]

Looks like a lot of fun! Does anyone know if the food coloring used in these ice blocks eventually stains mittens, jackets, etc? I think the kids here would have a great time playing with the ice blocks. I'm just a little worried about ruining winter jackets if the blocks melt at all.

[Blackcat31]

Looks like a lot of fun! Does anyone know if the food coloring used in these ice blocks eventually stains mittens, jackets, etc? I think the kids here would have a great time playing with the ice blocks. I'm just a little worried about ruining winter jackets if the blocks melt at all.

We've used food coloring in spray bottles to spray the snow for years and every year someone's mittens or jacket are stained. Not everyone's just certain ones. It probably has a lot to do with the fabric. IDK.

We also make the frozen snow but we use water balloons and empty oatmeal containers and the kids bowl. They LOVE it. Sometimes we just roll the giant colored "marbles" around the yard. As soon as it gets cold, they start asking about "marbles".

Super fun!

[e.j.]

We've used food coloring in spray bottles to spray the snow for years and every year someone's mittens or jacket are stained. Not everyone's just certain ones. It probably has a lot to do with the fabric. IDK.

Thanks for the info. I love the idea of the ice blocks and spray bottles with food coloring but this has always been my fear. With my luck, the one kid to get stains on his/her clothing would be the one wearing the very expensive designer winter gear - not the free hand-me-down jacket and mittens.

I try to be very careful with the kids' winter gear. I once thought I'd do my dc parents a favor and put the kids' soaking wet snow pants in the dryer after we played outside one afternoon. Some of the shoulder straps were unbuckled when I put them into the dryer. I didn't realize that the plastic buckles would shrink! I had three pairs that would no longer buckle after I got them out of the dryer - all belonging to the same family. It was at the end of the season, too, so I couldn't find snow pants to replace theirs. I was totally .

[itlw8]

I read last year you could freeze a bubble . We tried it but it did not work at the tem they said it would. And then last year was very mild. Hoping it will get cold enough to try this year.

We like to bring snow in in tubs. I think I will try the block of ice with things frozen in it this year.