We love playing and exploring with ice. Some of our favorite ice activities have been ice chalk, ice volcanoes, and glowing ice experiments. Today, we wanted to see if we could paint with glowing ice!
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Glowing Ice Paint
Materials- Ice cube trays
- Neon paint
- Paper
- A blacklight
Optional additions:
Method
- Begin by filling ice cube tray(s) with the glowing paint of your choice.
- You can add a bit of water to your paint before filling the tray slots if desired. This allows you to save a bit of money by using less paint.
- Pop your ice trays into the freezer, and in 4-6 hours you will have amazingly vibrant, glowing ice paint!
Ice Paint Play
- Once your paint is frozen remove it from the freezer and pop the paint cubes from the ice tray.
- Give kids paper, and the fun can begin!
Rosie and Jewel thought this activity was "so cool" and loved watching the colors mix and blend as they created their icy works of art.
As they played and created they delighted in touching the chilly paint and feeling it melt between their fingers.
They played and played, and each piece of art was truly unique and beautiful!
Extend the Fun
- Add glow sticks to your tray of paint before freezing.
- We tried this, and the results were "so cool!"
- Make alphabet ice paint by using alphabet ice trays when freezing your paint.
- Use your ice paint cubes to build with before using them to paint.
More Glowing Activities for Kids
- Glowing Oil Experiment
- Glowing Bath Paint
- Glowing Snow Paint
- Glowing Eruptions
- Glowing Bubbles Recipe
A Few Tips:
- The neon paint that we used for this activity can be purchased on Amazon here.
- We like using both a black-light fixture and these super cool UV-flashlights for activities like this. Both work great!
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