This is a really easy kid activity to go with Leo Leonni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow, (affiliate link) a delightful book about color mixing.
It’s so easy you don’t really need much in the way of instructions. All I did was cut a few cellophane shapes out of blue and yellow cellophane which Kiddo played around with as he followed along with the story.
Once he had the shapes, he even used them to tell the story to himself while I was busy with other things.
A win-win activity: independent play, the science of color mixing and literacy all in one!
More color fun:
No-Mess Toddler Activity: “Color Smushing”
Fall Crafts for Kids: Cellophane Stained Glass
Cellophane Craft: Colored Glasses
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Stephanie says
April 19, 2008 at 2:17 amThis looks like an activity I’d like to try. Our library has the book, where do you get cellophane?
Jenny says
April 22, 2008 at 1:42 amI’ve seen the book, but I never thought of the cellophane. Must remember the cellophane!
Valerie @ Frugal Family Fun Blog says
November 20, 2009 at 4:45 amI love this idea! This book is one of Emily's favorites, and I know she would enjoy acting out the book with colored cellophane. How cool!
Mar says
January 29, 2014 at 6:07 pmI have done something like the colored cellophane using jello jigglers. I made blue and yellow jello jigglers and used a cookie cutter or small cup to make them into the circle shape. At snack time the children overlapped the blue and yellow jello to make green. Voila! Can be done with other color combinations.
Erica MomandKiddo says
January 30, 2014 at 4:16 amI bet the kids LOVE that!!
Jeanette Nyberg says
January 31, 2014 at 8:49 pmCool! I wanna play with cellophane now- I have a feeling my kids would be enamored with it for a long time.
Erica MomandKiddo says
February 1, 2014 at 7:43 amWe love cellophane so much, we use it for our “stained glass” window art, too.