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Have you ever used liquid watercolors? If not, you are definitely missing out! We use our liquid watercolors all the time, as regular readers of my blog may have noticed. If you need a little inspiration for how to use liquid watercolors, below you will find 20 different and beautiful ideas!
#1. Amaze your whole family with a jumping colors science activity
#2. Make your own ice chalk for some outdoor fun
#3. Create beautiful spin art like Meri Cherry
#4. Add some color to your baking soda and vinegar explosions
#5. Make a crayon-resist water color painting
#6. Add salt on top of your liquid watercolors to create a beautiful texture like The Chocolate Muffin Tree (update: link removed because site no longer operational)
#7. Mix your own colored glue for some beautiful art projects
#8. Dye flowers a variety of colors to see science in action
#9. Use a tape resist technique to make gorgeous artwork like Blissfully Domestic
#10. Create a spray bottle mural
#11. Turn ordinary baking soda balls into magic green leprechaun rocks
#12. Make colorful ice sculptures from The Artful Parent
#13. Make multi-colored water beads for some beautiful sensory play
#14. Mix liquid watercolor and oil to make fireworks in a jar
#15. Make colored sand creations like Play at Home Mom
#16. Create beautiful artwork using marbleized shaving foam
#17. Make colored rice for a sensory bin
#18. Experiment by dipping paper towels into liquid watercolors like Things to Share and Remember
#19. Drip liquid watercolor onto glued salt and watch it spread for some artful science
#20. Make your own colored (gluten-free) playdough
Are you inspired yet?!? We continually find new ways to use our liquid watercolors. If you own them or decide to purchase them, I have no doubt you’ll be inspired by them as well. Happy creating!
More resources for kid-friendly arts and crafts
More arts and crafts from Gift of Curiosity:
- Tape resist watercolor painting
- Coffee filter art
- Crystallized snowflakes
- Upcycled crayons
- Leaf collages
- Glue monsters
- Chromatography flowers craft
Note: For more kid-friendly craft projects, see my Arts and Crafts for Kids page and my Arts and Crafts Pinterest board.
Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity’s board Arts and crafts on Pinterest.
Wow, you are so creative! All of those are very cool.
Thanks Stephanie, that’s very kind of you to say!
First time art teacher here. I was st a loss about how to use the many bottles of liquid watercolors that I unearthed in our schools cupboards. These awesome ideas have my creative juices flowing!!! What an incredible FREE resource!!!
This is great! I am pinning this for when Liv is a little older!
These are great ideas! I had forgotten all about Discount School Supply but I’ll definitely check them out again for our homeschool this year.
I love Discount School Supply! So many great items at such good prices!
That sure is a lot of ways to use watercolors. I would not have even thought of 3 of them much less that much. I love the ice chalk. I know my toddler would surely love that. I might try a few of these with her. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I didn’t expect to come up with so many ideas, but as I kept looking I realized how much we had done with them and how many other great ideas were out there, and the next thing I knew I had 20 different ideas for the post!
Wow! This is a fabulous collection! I’m pinning it–thanks so much for sharing at Teach Me Tuesday at Preschool Powol Packets!!
Glad you find it useful! We sure love our liquid watercolors!