Monday, November 7, 2011

Fun with food coloring

It's time to get creative in the kitchen, and i'm not talking about cooking :)
I'm talking about free fun, with Food coloring.
Food coloring is a cheap and easy way to encourage learning,
creativity, cause and effect & colors.

Milky Masterpiece 
 Begin by pouring milk into a bowl
 Then add in a few drops of food coloring. Below i had added red & blue right on top of each other. Next to the bowls are shot glasses filled with liquid dish soap, with straws.
OR, seen below, you can do drops around the bowl. 

 When you dip the soap covered straw into the milk, the food coloring separates into a colorful blended piece of art :)


Just a Mess


 whats a nursing mother of 3 to do on a rainy day? Let the children play in the kitchen. (this kept them happy & silent for 1 hr). Place an empty container on floor, fill with flour, water, &baking soda. Mix well, then add drops of food coloring & hand spoons to children :)


Vibrant Volcano
Start off by putting baking soda in glasses & adding your choice of food coloring in each glass.

Vinegar, i chose to put in a water bottle

 And allow kids to squirt into each cup :)
When all fizzled down, the chose to add food coloring to the water bottle and Omri pored baking soda in to that, for some added fun :)
FUN FROTH
 Here i had filled capsules with a little baking soda & food coloring

when placed in a bowl of vinegar, and microwaved for 4 sec. it immediately foamed right up!
Pretty Pasta
 Fill glass jars with 1/4 alcohol, your choice of dried pasta & 5-8 drops of food coloring
 Shake well & let sit for 3 +hrs ( shake periodically)
Set aside on towels to dry for next day play :)

Even works in snow :)





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