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Preschool Valentine’s Painting on Ice

January 26, 2016 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: This preschool Valentine’s painting is a blast! Freeze water into a big heart tray and shake paint on top. Watch what happens when it starts to melt!

Are you looking for something a bit different than the usual Valentine’s crafts for your preschoolers? Well then, you will LOVE this preschool Valentine’s painting on ice activity!

Actually, we’ve thought outside the box before with Valentine’s ideas. We have painted hearts using a salad spinner and also with frozen confetti paint. These open-ended activities are a nice break from the traditional cut-and-paste holiday crafts.

What are your preschoolers’ favorite Valentine activities? Please scroll down and let us know in the comments section! We love trying new things!

preschool valentines painting

Valentine's Ice Painting for Kids- This is so much fun! Shake paint onto ice and see what happens! Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

 

 

Preschool Valentine’s Painting on Ice

 

The inspiration for this activity came from our ice painting for kids post. I never dreamed how popular this idea would become. It’s by far our most pinned activity on Pinterest. So, I decided to freeze water in heart-shaped pans and add powdered paint this time.

What you will need:

  • A heart shaped pan
  • Powdered tempera paint
  • A container for the powdered paint. (We used spice shakers.)

(Note: If you want to use watercolors or tempera paint rather than powdered paint, check out this post!)


Getting started:

Fill the pan with water and freeze.

 

Preschool Valentine's Painting on Ice

Place the powdered paint in some sort of container. It can be poured using a spoon or shaken from a container, as we did.

(My co-teacher found these plastic shakers from the dollar section of some store.)

Preschool Valentine's Painting on Ice

Valentine’s Painting on Ice: Let’s go!

 

Because we are always thinking about ways to work the fingers for future writing, we chose to use cotton swabs. You could use paint brushes, though.

 

Preschool Valentine's Painting on Ice

Shake the powder tempera paint onto the ice.

Preschool Valentine's Painting on Ice

We used several colors so we could watch them mix as the ice melted. Then, mix the powder with the water that begins to form as the ice melts.

Preschool Valentine's Painting on Ice

We then gave the preschoolers a piece of paper.

Preschool Valentine's Painting on Ice

They brushed the colors onto the paper. Some of the powder paint had not yet absorbed into the liquid, so it landed on the paper as well.

Preschool Valentine's Painting on Ice

The preschoolers noticed that the longer they worked with the heart-shaped ice, the more liquid they were dealing with. Eventually the ice started cracking. A great science activity!

preschool valentines painting


Here are more Valentine’s ideas for young children:

Foil Valentine’s Hearts

Valentine Bags for Toddlers

Toddler Heart Suncatchers

 

 

 

 

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Filed Under: Art, preschool, Valentines, Winter Activities Tagged With: art, preschool, Valentines

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 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Mirela

    February 3, 2016 at 1:18 pm

    Thank you Sheryl for a new idea how to celebrate Valentine’s Day with kids:) Tell me where can I buy this colorful salt?
    Is it safe for kids at he age of 2-3?

    • Sheryl

      February 15, 2016 at 8:48 pm

      Hi Mirela! It’s not salt, but powdered non-toxic paint. Isn’t it beautiful?

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