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You need:
Water
Food Coloring
Containers of different sizes
Space in your freezer!

I started by adding food coloring to plastic cups and freezing them. I wanted them to have different layers of color this time. In the past I have just used the ice cube tray and made multiple colored ice cubes. I figured they have seen that so many times that we needed a change.

After the first layer froze I added a second layer of color. This was easy. I just added water over the frozen cube and food coloring, mixed it up and froze it again.

Next I took larger bowls and made colored water first. Then I took out the already frozen cup cube and placed it in the bowl. This added a different shape and three colors. I only did the larger bowls with twoof the cups.

The larger cubes and shapes also took much longer to melt than the small ice cubes had from the tray.

I was pleased with the activity. I think there must be a science concept in here as well with the melting, right?

Yes, of course, temperature! (thanks for helping me out! lol) Other ideas to discuss: solid and liquid. You could do something with steam and show your child that water can be in three forms. Temperature of the water before and after the ice. Lastly, how do the colors mix?

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