Water & Color

It is starting to warm back up outside, and my little man loves trying to play in the dog water. So I thought it was necessary today to get wet. I wanted to try something other than just sitting in his waiting pool. As my mind was wondering, he walks up to me carrying his bucket of chalk and that was it. I wanted to find a way to combine his love for sidewalk chalk and water.

I bought J this bucket of chalk a while back. One day he decided he was done drawing and needed to throw and brake a bunch of pieces so I stole those.

Cue the cheese grader. I wanted to make a powder that would dissolve well in water...

This left some bigger chunks but I wasn't too worried about it.

I placed all the different colors in different plastic cups and bowls of all different shapes and sizes.

I added a little water and let the magic happen. The kid was taking a nap so I had plenty of time for the chalk to dissolve in the water, but I was swooshing it around a little every once in a while.

Here's the set up! I added some more water, buckets, cups, water tools, and ice. (I thought about making colored ice but I knew I wouldn't have enough time before he woke up so I left it at that.... Next time for sure!)

Once he woke up and had a nice little snack we came outside.... and of course he had to have his shovel.

Testing the waters.

And then we were all in! He loved dumping the colored water into the clear and seeing the "cloud" puff up.

He spent a good couple hours just goofing around. But just like any other day.... that shovel didn't leave his hand. ;)