Colour Mixing Experiment and a Straw Dropper

*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
Jug And Small Jars

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.

1.5cm Filled With Water

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.

Adding Colours To the Water
Adding Colours To the Water

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! 🧪🔬🧐

Colour Mixing Experiment
Colour Mixing Experiment
Colour Mixing Experiment

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.

Coffee Filter On A Plate

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.

Using A Straw As A Dropper

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. 

On A Coffee Filter

It was a little hard to see the movement of water on a coffee filter, so I preferred paper towels.

Coloured Water On A Paper Towel

Dry the coloured paper towels well.

When they are dry, you can make another art with them. Just treat them as coloured papers. 

Coloured Paper Towels For Another Art Activity
Paper Towel Art
Paper Towel Art

I loved watching clear jars filled with various coloured water for a long time. Aren’t they beautiful? Is it just me? 😝

Coloured Water In Jars

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👩🏻🎀