Last Updated on 14 May 2020 by Colette Burgess
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A while ago I mixed up some food colouring and water and froze it in pretty ice cube containers from Ikea. It has been sat in the freezer ready and waiting ever since.
I had explained to Ben and Chloe that we were going to be playing with ice on the tuff spot but I didn’t really say any more than that as I wanted them to take control of the experience themselves.
When I handed the ice trays to Ben the first thing he said was “How are we going to get it out?” I told him that was up to them and he quickly started to bang the trays and bend them successfully knocking the ice cubes out all over the tray.
Once they had the cubes out on the tray it didn’t take them long to dive headlong into a full sensory exploration of the ice quickly moving from investigating it with their fingers to trying to taste them and then sticking their feet in! (I can understand them wanting to taste them because of the appealing colours but they were just plain water really so nothing exciting going on there.) Chloe was keen to have some paper as she obviously expected them to leave coloured marks – perhaps this something I will investigate for her another time.
Ben spent quite a lot of time putting the ice cubes back into the tray – looking at the way they fitted and how this changed as the ice melted.
Update:
That looks so fun! AND so easy too! Everyone seems to have these tuff spot things, I need one in my life! x
You do! It's great. Even just for stopping Lego spreading all over the floor! x
We started doing this last year it is brilliant 🙂 x
Such amazing pics and looks lot of fun! Going in my sensory to do list 🙂 I love how you mentioned you wanted kids to take control of the experience 🙂 xx
Its the teacher in me 😉 Far better that they discover things for themselves hey x
How have I not managed ice play yet this year? Really need to sort that out!
Clever idea, really need to get a tuff spot for the kids #MMWBH x
Definitely. They're worth every penny x
Lol sounds like lots of fun! We did this last summer and used a big old sheet in the garden for some fab ice cube painting! Definitely worth a try! xx
ooohh this is fun! Water, ice on a warm weather = happy son. Will try to do this. I have new egg mould so I can use that! #MMWBH
Not only did I find that post educational but please oh please…where did you get that black plastic thing they were playing in?? Utterly genius! #MMWBH
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002HIY9JQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1397772159&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165
This is the one we have John x
This is so great and something I have yet to try with my children. I think a tuff spot needs to be purchased first. Great post Hun, thanks so much for linking up to #MMWBH
I love utter silliness! This sounds like agreat idea, I'm going to give it a go!
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Is the black tray the tuff spot? Where do you get them from? Looks like it was great fun! X
Yes – we got ours from Amazon, I've linked it in one of the comments further up x