*Mini Class video coming at the end
We are having a hot hot early summer in Toronto! How about there where you are living?
It’s so hot and all I’m wishing is moving to a house that has a pool.👙💦😍
If I can’t have a pool now, I’ll at least look for an activity that is to do with water! Haha. Are you with me?!
Let’s do a colour mixing experiment!
Materials you need
- Watercolour paints
- Paint brush
- Small clear jars (plastic or glass if you will be supervising)
- Jug
- Water
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I used the purple cup to keep the water to clean the brush between changing colours.
What To Do
Fill a plastic jug with water.
Fill each small clear jars with the water. Just about 1.5 cm.
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Pouring water into small containers is already a good fine motor activity and children love to try pouring water from a jug!😄
Bring a watercolour palette with a paint brush.
Let your child change the colour of water in each jar by adding some watercolours.
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At this step, children can mix different colours and observe how the water changes colour in the jar.
Have fun in mixing and making your own one of a kind colour in the jars. This is a process-focused activity! 🧪🔬🧐
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When your child starts to lose interest in mixing colours,
Give
- Paper towels
- Coffee filters
- Plastic straws (cut so it’s not too long)
- Small plate
What To Do
Put a coffee filter or a paper towel on a small plate.
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Teach the technique of using a straw as a dropper.
Put the straw in the water – Cover the top opening of the straw with your finger – Lift up the straw out of the water while covering the top opening – Move the straw to the coffee filter and remove the finger from the top opening of the straw
It’s a simple science experiment and even though your child is too young to understand the principle of this experiment, it’s still a fun way to move water.
So your child can move coloured water droplets to a coffee filter or a paper towel.
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It’s a process art! Just enjoy moving water droplets, observe how the water droplets spread on a paper towel and see how the colours mix and change.
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It was a little hard to see the movement of water on a coffee filter, so I preferred paper towels.
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Dry the coloured paper towels well.
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When they are dry, you can make another art with them. Just treat them as coloured papers.
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I loved watching clear jars filled with various coloured water for a long time. Aren’t they beautiful? Is it just me? 😝
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Today’s activity might look so simple to you, but I’m sure that your child will have a lot of freedom to try and test things and lots of fun as well in each process.
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🦄 Do you want to do the colour mixing experiment with Missangela?
🦄 Bring the materials and let’s do it together!
Happy learning and quality time!
Missangela👩🏻🎀