Colour creations begin before kids even know they’re doing it – from the early years with finger painting fun to the accidental overlapping on colouring-in pages as preschoolers. Try out these basic colour creations to learn all about primary colours.
What you need:
- food colouring – blue, red and yellow
- food scales
- measuring cups and spoons
- electric mixer
- 6 small bowls – or however many colours you’d like
Icing:
Buttercream icing
Activity:
- Whether you’re using this icing to decorate biscuits, cakes or just for experimental purposes the kids are bound to learn something new!
- Once the icing is made, it’s time for the kids to have a play.
- Separate the white icing into three bowls then add a few drops of colour to them using the three primary colours: red, blue and yellow. Have the kids mix it up.
- Take a small amount of yellow icing and a small amount of red and place it together in an empty bowl. Little hands can mix well so get the kids to give it a mix – they’ll be delighted to see they’ve made orange. Repeat this with the blue and red to make purple and then the yellow and blue to make green.
- Your kids have just turned the three primary colours into the three secondary colours. A wonderful maths lesson beginning in the kitchen!
- Now, to ice something and eat it up!
Notes:
Find great recipes to use your coloured icing on with Kidspot Kitchen’s range of cakes and cookies.
