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Preschool Color Mixing Activity

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Last Updated on June 24, 2017 by Sheryl Cooper

Color Mixing in a Bottle
A favorite preschool color mixing activity is blending 2 colors in some sort of container. In the past we’ve done this in cans, rolling  them across the floor. This time I decided to use some recycled plastic bottles. They fit perfectly in the children’s hands as they shook the bottles back and forth to mix the colors.
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What you will need:

  • clean recycled plastic bottles with lids
  • marbles
  • tempera paint
  • a bin to hold the painted marbles
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Fill bottles with tempera paint.
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Have the children pour the marbles into the bottle. (They could also just drop the marbles into the bottle by hand.)
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Squirt 2 primary colors into the bottle.
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Place the cap on the bottle.
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Let the color mixing begin!
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When the colors are blended, remove the cap. Place the marbles in a bin.
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As the marbles are released into the bin, the children could see the new color they made.

Extension:

You could take this farther by putting the painted marbles on top of paper that is placed in a box lid. Have the child tip the box lid back and forth so that the painted marbles make tracks on the paper.
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Fun, hands-on learning!
 
 
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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 25 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  3. Colleen Beck

    I love this! We are featuring your post this week on Share It Saturday. Thanks for linking up and see you again at the party 🙂
    Colleen at Sugar Aunts

  5. Mary Catherine

    We love marble painting at my house and in my classroom! I have never used them inside a bottle to mix colors, though! What a great idea. Thanks for linking up at Share It Saturday. I’m featuring you this week, as well. 🙂

  6. Anonymous

    I have a question about toddler rooms, specifically in day care homes where there is more than 6 children. Do you have page/blog to post that to?