Lets learn colors & the power of light!

 I love the concept of a light table, it's an idea on a long list of to-do's for the hubby. We're converting an old train table into a massive light table, so both girls have plenty of space to imagine. So until this becomes a reality, I needed to find a way to show Scarlett how light illuminates the world.

Ideally I would have translucent multi-colored wooden blocks to go with that train table, but instead we had recycled water bottles, and food coloring. I also realized that those fun neon and pastel colored dyes are gorgeous on 100 cupcakes for school, not so much when you're aiming for primary colored learning tools. So I managed to mix and match and pull out a beautiful, emerald, ocean blue, red, orange and violet. I filled the water bottles 90% of the way, played with the amounts of dye until I got the colors I wanted. 

I used two methods to show Scarlett how the light, lit up the bottles. First was at night with white twinkle lights tucked behind the bottles, it made them glow. The next was on the window sill with the early morning sunshine peeking in at us. She was amazed, and would take them down look at them, put them back in the window and yell "ON". 

We also used them in matching games, with toys of the same color.  I cut hearts out of construction paper, and had her put the bottle of the same color heart. These bottles can be used in 100s of different ways to teach colors & light. Have fun exploring!