
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
Materials

Cheap materials
Method
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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Categories
#Any Age
#Under 5s
#5 to 10s
#Aquarium
#Food colouring
#Toys
#Cheap
#Easy
#Underwater