Glowing Ice Paint

Ice is fun.  Chalk is fun.  Glow-in-the-dark ice chalk is ultimate fun!
Wow the kids this summer with this simple recipe for play.

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We love playing and exploring with ice.  Some of our favorite activities have been ice chalk, ice volcanoes, and glowing ice experiments.  Today, we wanted to see if we could paint with glowing ice!

This glowing ice paint turned out so incredibly fun!  As the ice melts the colors blend and swirl, creating mesmerizing effects and the "coolest" works of art.  Read on to see how you can easily make glowing ice paint at home.
How to Make Glowing Ice Paint
Materials

• Ice trays
• Neon paint
• Water
• Paper
• A blacklight or uv-flashlight

Optional additions:

• Large glow sticks
• Alphabet ice trays

Method

• Begin by filling ice cube trays 1/2 way with the glowing paint of your choice, rotating colors as desired.
• Fill the ice-slots the rest of the way with warm water.  Then, carefully stir each slot until combined.

• Pop your ice trays into the freezer, and in 4-6 hours you will have amazingly vibrant, glowing ice paint!

Ice Paint Play

• Once your paint is frozen the ice will easily pop from the ice trays.  Give kids paper, and the fun can begin!

Rosie and Jewel thought this activity was "so cool" and loved watching the paint colors mix and blend as they created their icy works of art.

As they played and created they delighted in touching the chilly paint and feeling it melt between their fingertips.

They also loved using these super cool flashlights to make their artwork illuminate.  They played and played, and each piece of art was truly unique and beautiful!  

Extend the Fun

• Add glow sticks to the tray of paint before freezing.  This provides a super fun handles, and makes the ice illuminate!

• Make alphabet ice paint by using letter trays when freezing your paint.
• Use the glowing ice as blocks with before using it to paint.  Use the chalk to stack, build, and create!

More Painting Activities for Kids

• Glowing Bath Paint
• Paint Filled Eggs
• Homemade Powdered Paint
• Ice Paint Recipe
• Taste-Safe Paints for Baby
• Gel Paint Recipe
• Shivery Snow Paint
• Icy-Cold Ghost Paint
• Squirty Snow Paint
• Puffy Pumpkin Paint
• Glowing Snow Paint
• Hand-Print Resist Painting
• Frozen Paint
• Gingerbread Paint

A Few Tips:

• The neon paint that we used for this activity can be purchased on Amazon here.
• We like using both a black-light fixture and these  UV-flashlights for activities like this.  Both work great!

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