Gelatin cubes are a great way to teach colors to a toddler. It is edible safe you can play and feel confident in your play. If you also have a baby, this is a great fine motor skill game for them. They might not be learning about colors yet but they sure are learning about textures and be very intrigued by the pop of colors!
There are two ways to do it and I’m going to show you how easily they can be done and how much fun you can have with this sensory play idea.
You can get super creative with these, you can play rescue the ocean animals as we did, and place them over a light table to let these cube glow! or create monster eyes for a Halloween activity… so many possibilities, just one magic ingredient!!
Gelatin Cubes Recipe
Notes
Use different colors to make the sensory play activity more attractive!
You can replace the unflavored gelatin with regular Jell-O. Playtime will be more sticky with the Jell-O because of the sugar in Jell-O but a lot more tasty!
Ingredients
- 2 boxes (or 8 packs) of Knox unflavored gelatin
- 1 cup of boiling water
- 2 cups of cold water
- Food coloring
- Ice Cube mold or silicone molds
Instructions
- Pour 1 cup of water and heat it on the microwave for about 2.5 minutes
- While that is boiling, slowly still the unflavored gelatin powder onto the cold water – mixing it with a whisker as you slowly pour it in.
- stir until it is completely dissolved
- Slowly pour the water onto the cold gelatin mix and mix with the whisker
- Pour the gelatin mix into the ice cube container
- Pour a few drops of food coloring into each ice cube mold section and stir gently. The more food color you add, the darker the color will turn out.
- Place the ice cube tray into the refrigerator and let it harden for about 3-4 hours
- When harden, unmold the gelatin and place on a sensory bin
Another way to do it is like this