Make colorful ice cubes yourself
These ice cubes are not just the hit for the birthday. Suddenly the apple spritzer is completely uninteresting and rainbow water with colorful ice cubes much more exciting. Even making the colorful cube makes children especially fun.
This is needed:
- ice Cube Tray
- water
- Food colors without azo dyes
- Leaves of the lemon verbena or mint
Make colorful ice cubes:
After the fun, the hands also look quite colorful. And the color lasts at least a day. If you do not want to put up with that, put on gloves. First, water is dyed with food coloring. For children, please use food colors without azo dyes, as these are said to have carcinogenic effects. I had four colors: red, green, yellow and blue. Violet is then the fifth color of the mixture of blue and red food coloring. Yellow with red will result in orange. By the way, children learn something about color theory.
The ice cube mold is then filled in half, a third or a quarter with a paint. Depending on how many colored stripes the ice cube should have. The first coat of paint must then first into the freezer. If the layer is frozen, the next color is mixed and poured onto the first layer of ice, etc. In this way, rainbow-colored ice cubes, which also make the mineral water iridescent in all rainbow colors. If you like, you can also use small leaves such as Freeze lemon or mint with.
