Cool off with paint on a hot summer day!

This is a fun activity to do on hot summer day to cool off or to do during the winter when learning about ice and temperature. The pictures below were during winter. In the summer, you can take this outside on the sidewalk, too, for added fun!

Simply fill an ice cube tray with water and add food coloring.

To paint, pop out colored ice cubes and place in paint palettes. Have fun painting and watch them melt!

Fun in a sandbox...without the sand!

Kids love the sensory experience of sand, but did you ever try the same scooping activity with birdseed? Selecting small seed will be less of a choking hazard and most kids that put it in their mouth will spit it out. You can use the "birdseed scooping" in conjunction with a lesson about nests, eggs, and/or birds.