Outdoor Color Station

My kids love being outdoors during the summer months. While they enjoy spending time playing with their favorite outdoor toys, I like to introduce some new activities every once in a while. An Outdoor Color Station is simple to set up and provides lots of opportunities to learn about color and practice fine motor skills.

I used cups, some water and liquid water colors to create this Outdoor Color Station. You can use food coloring for this if you don't have liquid water colors on hand. Be sure to get the kids in their play clothes because things can get messy and wet! While the kids are outside, be sure to make this Homemade Bubble Solution from Baby Savers to extend the fun!

Outdoor Color Station - Kids can experiment with color mixing while working on their fine motor skills. This kept my kids entertained for ages!

You will need:

Liquid water colors or food coloring
See-through cups or containers (large and small)
Droppers
Water

The set up for this color mixing activity is pretty simple. Get some small containers (I love reusing applesauce and fruit cups) and pour in a few drops of food coloring or liquid water colors. Add water to dilute the color somewhat. Set these colorful cups up outside along with some larger see- through containers filled halfway with water. Provide some droppers as well.

Now just let your kids explore with the colors.

There is so much to be learned in this activity. My daughter discovered if she added more drops of a color to the water, it would turn darker.

She also learned about what would happen when she mixed different colors together and she experimented with many different color combinations.

Color mixing can also be a collaborative effort. "Hey, what will happen if we mix your purple with my yellow?"

In addition, squeezing the droppers provided a great fine motor exercise. My daughter tried different grips when squeezing the water in and out of the dropper.