How Do You Make Ice Cube Paintings?
Ice cube painting is a fun, easy way to entertain young children and also demonstrate the way that ice melts into water as it is exposed to room temperatures. Once you get toddlers started on this project, they will be able to continue nearly on their own–with some discreet supervision–for hours, creating unique masterpieces that can be proudly displayed on the refrigerator or given to relatives as gifts. Place a sheet of paper in the bottom of the baking pan. If the pan is much larger than the paper, you may wish to tape the paper down. However, this is entirely up to you, as the sliding effect will change the look of the painting and could make it more interesting and exciting for your young artist. Sprinkle a little tempera paint on the paper. You can use one or more colors. It works best to place all the powdered paint on the paper at once before you start painting. This will also give you an opportunity to talk about how primary colors can be used to create other colors by blend