Hot Day Ice Play!

The Summer Sun has been beating down on us lately so we have had the perfect opportunity for some ice play. Lots of sensory fun with a sneaky bit of learning too!!

I filled some containers with plastic Sea Creatures covered them in water and added some blue food colouring for the Sea feel! They took about 24 hours to freeze so you need to be organised for this one. 

We filled our toddler pool with water and popped our Sea Creature Ice Blocks in. 

Master E was very excited, he kept trying to scoop up the whole ice block with his net. Lots of discussion about temperate occurred as he was keen to hold the ice, but wouldn't for too long as it was "Too Cold!" He enjoyed trying to get the animals out of the ice one by one.

Since the day was so warm the ice melted quite quickly leaving lots of Sea Creatures swimming around in the pool ready to be caught in nets. We spent quiet a bit of time identifying various creatures and counting how many we could scoop up in the nets.

This ice play was lots of fun and I have been busy freezing some other creations ready for some more Ice Play soon!