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20 Ways for Kids to Stay Cool with Ice

June 14, 2015 by OneMommy

 

Looking for ways to beat the heat this summer?  Keep the kids busy and cool with these fun ways to play with ice.

Looking for fun ways to keep the kids entertained and help beat the heat? Check out these 20 fun ways for kids to play with ice. summer kids activities,ways to keep kids cool

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Fun Ice Play Activities:

Have a dinosaur fan?  Set up this simple icy dino dig!

With a few plastic sea animals you can set up this fun frozen ocean animals rescue.

This ice excavation combines learning with a tasty treat!

Grab your penguins and have fun with this ice sensory play that is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

These rainbow ice balls make a colorful sensory bin, or toss a few in the kiddie pool for some added fun!

Toddlers will love playing with water and colored ice.

Make your own ice boats and have a race!

Get messy while staying cool with this goop and ice sensory activity.

 

Colorful Ice Art:

Decorate the driveway with beautiful ice chalk!

Try this colored ice painting activity and watch what happens as colors swirl and blend together.

For even brighter colors, paint with frozen poster paints!

Make and paint your own frozen rocks; these were done in the winter, but you could also make them in the freezer.

 

Icy Science Activities:

Mix a little science into your fun and go fishing for ice!

How about a little fizz action?  These ice volcanoes are a fun twist to an old favorite.

Impress the kids and turn water into ice with the touch of a finger!

Or, try freezing different liquids and seeing how they differ as ice.

 

And, for all those Frozen fans out there…

Frozen-Inspired Ice Activities:

Have fun with this “Melt a Frozen Heart” activity!

This Frozen-inspired sensory play adds a touch of glitter to the frozen fun.

Create your very own Olaf sensory bin.

And this Frozen fractals ice sculpture activity looks like fun for kids of all ages.

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Bonus:  Don’t forget your furry family members!  These peanut butter pupsicles will help cool Fido off this summer.

20 ways for kids to play with ice

And, if you are looking for more ways to stay cool with the kids this summer, check out our 15 Ways to Play with Water!

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Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: ice play, staying cool, summer

Comments

  1. Meghan says

    June 14, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks for linking up our Melt a Froze Heart post.. Can’t wait to check out some of these other great posts to cool off for summer!

    • OneMommy says

      June 15, 2015 at 4:18 pm

      Love that activity! It is always fun to freeze things in ice, but to tie it into a favorite Disney movie? Awesome!

  2. Jenni says

    June 17, 2015 at 9:29 am

    Great ideas! I will be sharing this and bookmarking it for our hot summer days.

    • OneMommy says

      June 19, 2015 at 3:22 pm

      Thanks for sharing it!
      We plan to be using quite a few of these this summer!

  3. Kate says

    June 17, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    Visiting from Mom’s Library, what a great list of ice ideas for summer. Definitely pinning and sharing.

    • OneMommy says

      June 19, 2015 at 3:22 pm

      Thanks so much for stopping by and pinning!
      Stay cool this summer!

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