|FAMILY|toddler activities - food colouring in the bath

A few weeks ago I had a good sort out of our grocery cupboards, I was shocked to find that there were loads of jars, packets and boxes that were out of date and needed to be discarded. Whilst sorting out I found some liquid food colouring, these were way out of date, I no longer use liquid food colouring so was about to throw them out. I knew there would be some other non-edible way I could use them.

This week it seems that spring has arrived in the uk, earlier this week I collected Thomas from work a bit early and we spent some time in the garden, he loved stripping down to his vest and playing in a big water tub. He got a bit cold so I took him indoors - screaming!!! I ran him a bath to warm him up but he just wanted to go outdoors, I knew I needed something more to entice him into the bath - the food colouring. I put a few drops of red in and he couldn't wait to get in and play! He swirled the colouring with his hand and smiled and giggled, I then added some blue at the other end. This was a really cheap and easy activity for us to do and certainly be doing it again.

What different ways have you used food colouring??  Share your ideas in the comments.