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Mini Aquarium
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Mini aquarium
This mini aquarium is a fun and easy activity for a rainy day. Young children will love using the eye dropper to add the food colouring and watching the colour swirl through the water.
Time: 10 minutes
Age: Any Age
Level: Easy
Small jar
Water
Blue food colouring
Eye dropper
Plastic sea creature
Cheap materials
Method
Fill the jar with water
Add a few drops of blue food colouring to the water with the eye dropper
Place your sea creature in the jar
Top up with more water if needed and then screw the lid onto the jar
Your mini aquarium is now complete! My daughter wanted to make more after we had completed ours so we also tried different sea creatures, adding glitter and different colours of food dye just for fun.
Ready for the food colouring
Young children will enjoy dropping in the dye and watching the colour swirl through the water
Now add your sea creature
Mini aquarium complete
Glittery octopus
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#Under 5s
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#Food colouring
#Toys
#Cheap
#Easy
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