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Little Blue & Little Yellow Activity

April 19, 2008

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This is a really easy kid activity to go with  Leo Lionni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow, (affiliate link) a delightful book about color mixing.

Book activity that teaches 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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by: Erica posted in: Art and Crafts, Books 8 Comments

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  1. Stephanie says

    April 19, 2008 at 2:17 am

    This looks like an activity I’d like to try. Our library has the book, where do you get cellophane?

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  2. Jenny says

    April 22, 2008 at 1:42 am

    I’ve seen the book, but I never thought of the cellophane. Must remember the cellophane!

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  3. Valerie @ Frugal Family Fun Blog says

    November 20, 2009 at 4:45 am

    I 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!

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  4. Mar says

    January 29, 2014 at 6:07 pm

    I 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.

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    • Erica MomandKiddo says

      January 30, 2014 at 4:16 am

      I bet the kids LOVE that!!

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    • Donna Davis says

      November 11, 2019 at 4:34 pm

      Love it. Clean up by just eating the jello. What a fun way to learn colors.

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  5. Jeanette Nyberg says

    January 31, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    Cool! I wanna play with cellophane now- I have a feeling my kids would be enamored with it for a long time.

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    • Erica MomandKiddo says

      February 1, 2014 at 7:43 am

      We love cellophane so much, we use it for our “stained glass” window art, too.

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