Spooky Spider Ice

I’ve been trying to think of different Halloween activities for my 4 year old to do at home. This spooky spider ice was a hit! It’s a super simple set up for you & about a half hour of fun for them!

Here is everything you’ll need:

1. Ice cube tray
2. Water
3. Plastic spiders – the ones we used are linked here.
4. Food coloring
5. Medicine dropper

Directions:

1. Take your plastic spiders & place one in each slot of your ice cube tray.

2. Fill your tray up with water & add one drop of food coloring to each spot. Use whatever colors you’d like! (We used orange, purple, and green)

3. Freeze for a few hours.

4. Pop your ice cubes out and put them in a shallow dish.

5. Fill up a separate bowl with warm water & let your kids use a medicine dropper to squirt the spooky ice cubes! Rescue each of them one by one :)

6. When you’re done you can refill & save for another day!

Reasons why I love this Sooky Spider Ice activity:

• It kept my 4 year old busy for a half hour. He loved doing this so much!
• My son is learning about water temperatures and how they effect ice.
• He’s strengthening his fine motor skills by using the medicine dropper. He has to use a pinchers grasp to fill it.
• It only took me 5 minutes to set up!

You could also freeze the spiders without the food coloring and give it to them in their drink to see their reaction! Harmless Halloween prank I might have to try myself :)

Here is a short video of us making our spooky spider ice:

For more of our Halloween ideas click here! Some of my personal favorites are our Oogie Boogie puzzle, our Spider Hand Soap, and our Ghost Paintings!

If you have any questions you can email me at kidscraftbarn@yahoo.com – I’d love to hear from you!