Now your Jelly ‘cake’ is ready you can mix up a selection of different colours to use. You should have beautiful translucent jelly orb to play with. Once the jelly has fully set carefully turn the bowl upside down onto a plate or tray and tap it gently until the jelly drops out like a cake. (It will be easier to remove the set jelly from a plastic bowl than a glass or ceramic one) Stir thoroughly until the powder has fully dissolved and then pour the mixture into a plastic bowl and leave it to set in the fridge for a few hours. All you need for this activity is 30 grams of Gelatine or, Veg Gel or Agar Agar powder, Learning Resources jumbo eye droppers or pipettes and something to colour the jelly with, for example food colouring, watered down paint or natural dyes.įirstly you will need to mix 30g of gelatine or agar agar powder with 1000ml of hot water in a plastic bowl. Injecting colours into jelly cakes is a brilliantly fun, colourful activity, that helps develop fine motor skills. Or you could use it as an opportunity to explore colour theory with older children.Ĭolour theory is when you use primary colours like red, blue and yellow to create secondary colours like purple, green and orange.
This is a good opportunity to work on colour recognition with younger children, you could even have fun matching the handles of the eye droppers to the paint colours. We also mixed in some washing up liquid to see if we could make our paintings a bit bubbly. Or you could try painting with inks, natural dyes or even food colouring like we did below. You could also experiment using different thicknesses of paint (by watering it down) to see what different marks or effect you get. I recommend using water soluble paints with the droppers as they are the easiest to wash out and off afterwards. Children of all ages can easily create colourful masterpieces and messes by simply squirting coloured paint from the eye droppers or pipettes onto all kinds of surfaces, from paper and recycled cardboard to fabric, wood and even outdoor surfaces like paths and paving stones. Splatter painting is messy creative fun at its finest. This also works well with small water pistols. Then have fun practising squirting water out of the eye droppers or pipettes so it hits the target. Simply fold the cardboard in half to it stands up at the end of the tray and then draw or paint a target onto it. All you need is some recycled cardboard, marker pens or paint, a tray of water and jumbo eyedroppers or pipettes. Target practiseĪ simple to set up activity that helps develop fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. (My son had so much fun doing this!) You can easily add extra sensory elements to the water with food safe flavourings, colouring or scents. The Jumbo droppers make a brilliant addition to water play as the children can enjoying experimenting and exploring sucking up and squirting water and other liquids with them. All you need is some water and a tray or container. Water play is great and simple sensory fun for children of all ages. From colour explosion jelly cakes, water play and chemical reactions to splatter painting, marbled milk and simple density experiments there is something for children of all ages. We have come up with 9 fun activity ideas you can try using the eye droppers or some pipettes. They also hold a much larger volume of liquid and it’s much easier (and more fun) to suck up and squirt liquid with these. The droppers can be used like pipettes to suck up and squeeze out water, but they are much better designed than pipettes as they are far easier to hold and use for little learners. The set consists of 6 colourful droppers that come in a cute and sturdy stand. Colourful, tactile and very well made they stood up to the test of a destructive 3 year old and also kept a 7 year old and 30 something adult entertained for hours. We were all pleasantly surprised at how simple and satisfying they are to play with. Learning Resources very kindly sent us a Jumbo eye dropper set to experiment with and enjoy.
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