KoolAid Paint with Fun Cleanup

Some crafts don't turn out exactly how you plan... 

[isn't that the cardinal rule of crafting with toddlers and preschoolers?]

but the process of doing it is still just as fun and educational.

Henry painted with ice cubes and KoolAid.

He sprinkled a couple packages of KoolAid on paper in a tupperware.

Added some ice cubes and shook it around.

[FYI: ahead of time set the ice cubes out earlier so they are already slimy]

The ice cubes didn't melt fast enough, so I eventually gave him a syringe of water.

He had lots of fun with the syringe. 

Learning to aim where the water went

was most of the battle.

[What happens to the colored powder when it gets wet?]

The end product wasn't too pretty.

Just a mess of dark red. 

Looked a lot like blood, in fact.

Henry would have been caught red-handed too!

Since his hands were stained with KoolAid

and I have a toddler neat-freak 

who freaks out if he can't get his hands clean.

I found a very fun way to clean up!

Inspired by Chalk In My Pocket's puffy paint, but without the time :

I put some dish soap (I have Ivory, its clear) in some small baby jars

Added a couple drops of food coloring in each jar.

Handed them to Henry in the bathroom.

I told him to stir them up, he skipped that step and he dumped them out in the shower.

He made some pretty neat designs 

before he eventually dove in with his hands and smeared it all over.

[What happens when the red soap covers the blue soap?]

Henry then rinsed his hands off in the sink.

Super Duper Clean!

[so was my shower floor]

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Henry is 34 months.
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