Adding colour to snow

It’s always so much fun when we get snow in Victoria!  We put some big shovelfuls of snow into the water table and beside it, on a small wooden table, offered a variety of utensils, scoops, funnels, eye droppers, popsicle holders and most exciting of all, cups containing a variety of rainbow colours. (water with a bit of food colour)

The children were very interested in the snow and worked for a long time mixing colours, adding colours to the snow, shaping the snow, lifting it with scoops and spatulas.  They were not at all bothered by the cold!

C announces “I made dark green ice.”  M replies “This is Zombie brain!”  “Dump it all in here” says C and the boys move snow with scoops and lifters, pat it down and add colour.  I says “I’m putting some zombie brain in here” “Isn’t that amazing?” says C, adding ” “Guess what this is called… ghost zombie blood”  His friends help him fill up the Popsicle holder.  M puts red colour on his hand.  “Look, my hand is bleeding!  Oh my hand, my hand!” he shrieks with a big grin.  The children all laugh.  C says “I need more potion in here.”  I helps by adding drops of various colours.  “Here you go” he says.  “My potion is amazing, look at my rare stuff!”  C:  “I’m squirting some of the dinosaur potion to the blood potion.  I:  “I’m adding some ingredients to mine.”