Color Cubes

With Summer quickly approaching and the warm weather that seems to have been around since umm March. I figured it was about time to try out some of the fun water activities I have seen on Pinterest. Color Cubes. Yep super easy just put a little food coloring into your ice cube tray add some water of course and wait for it freeze. I filled a few larger tuber wear bowls with water and then left the rest up to Cole.

 

He started by separating the colors into different bowls but by the end he had mixed up all the colors. Which left a lot of green water. I’m a novice when it comes to dealing with food coloring. It got a little messy. But that was the best part.

 

 

 Once the cubes had melted I told him he could bring the water over to his water table and play with the green water. He’s eyes just lit up and he proclaimed “I’m Strong” and took each bowl over. Some made it to the table some didn't but he loved every second of it.

 

 

 And I’m happy to report that after his bath that night all traces of food coloring had disappeared from his hands. Will definitely be doing this one again this summer with more colors !

 

Toddler Fun

So I’m always looking for new and fun activities for Cole that will help him to learn new things. Thanks to my Mom (who is a teacher) she suggested some simple fine motor skill activities that she thought Cole might enjoy and also help him learn his colors.

First we got a bag of colored pom poms and an empty Fiji water bottle. After showing Cole how the pom poms can be placed into the water bottle he was so excited to try it!



He was concentrating so hard to get the small pom pom into the bottle. Notice how his mouth is wide open, this was serious stuff folks.





Then I started asking him to put certain colors into the bottle. He did great he was able to pick out 3 colors (blue, yellow, orange) multiple times. After he got a few in he would then shake the bottle and see the pom poms scatter across the room. He then went back to putting them into the bottle. He loved it!

We dragged out this huge colander my parents have and some pipe cleaners. Same concept as the pom poms and bottle but this one seemed to be more challenging for Cole. The holes were small so he got frustrated fast. But I think he will love this just as much once he can get the pipe cleaners in with ease! It will take some practice.



This last one we saw on Pinterst. You use an old wipes container and some old ribbons, then tie the ribbons together. Cole loved that the ribbons just kept coming and coming.





All good fun for Cole! He learned a little and it all cost less then $5. :)