With the weather being so great at the moment its no wonder the children want to be outside all the time. As a parent and childminder of course the nice weather means bringing prepared so that the children do not over heat or get burnt. We tend to avoid the garden during to hottest part of the day and have activities which can help the children to cool down.
Ice play is an activity which we used a lot last year and with a little bit of prep its easy to put together.
Step 1: Stick some plastic toy animals, flowers or cars into a
couple of tubs and fill with water.
Step 2: Add food colouring and/or flavourings to the water
and place them in the freezer.
Step 3: The following day take them out of the freezer and
pop them out of their tubs into your tray.
Step 4: Add a little warm water to get the ice cubes
started on melting
Step 5: Add cups and spoons to encourage pouring and your
ready for some cool fun.
The children had great fun trying to get the flower out of the ice using the spoons and garden equipment.
Little man then moved on to trying to transport the ice using sieves and cups.
A on the other hand tried to pick up the ice with her hands and line it up on the garden wall.
If you would like more ideas on playing with ice this summer we have listed below some great ones from blogs we love to explore.
oooh lovely, very pretty ice! Thanks so much for linking to Fun sparks. x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, my little girls would love this!
ReplyDeleteYour welcome Emma! x it was definately a hit with mine. Next time we will be trying sponges!!
ReplyDeleteThe flowers look so pretty in the ice! My kids would love this,too.
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