Outdoor Activities for Children Ages 0-3
Week of May 31st, 2020
Chalk Ice
TIP: Wet your sidewalk before you paint, this will allow the paint to glide better on the surface when painting. It also makes clean-up much easier!
Equipment
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Ice Cube Tray
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Mini Popsicle Sticks
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Cheese Grater
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Freezer
Ingredients
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1 piece sidewalk chalk
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2 tbsp cornstarch
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4 tbsp water
What to do:
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Start by grating a sidewalk chalk piece into a measuring cup that pours. Use a small grater if you can so that you can grate directly into the cup. If you don't have a small grater, then grate into a larger bowl and then transfer to a pouring cup. Use about half a sidewalk chalk piece per color.
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Add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch into the measuring cup.
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Add 4 tablespoons of water.
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Mix with a whisk..
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Pour the mixture into an ice cube tray or small plastic container.
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Repeat for each color you'd like to make. Double or triple the recipe to make a larger batch. This recipe will fill 2-3 ice cubes.
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Add mini popsicle sticks into the ice cube trays. You can lean them to one side to keep them standing up.
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Freeze!
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Once frozen, let the ice cube tray sit out for a few minutes so that you can easily pull the paintsicles out.