Art Activity: Ice Painting

For this activity we first filled a cup with water, placed a popsicle stick into the water, and then froze the water.  On the day of the activity we gave the children large pieces of paper and had them sprinkle powdered paint on their paper.  They then used the ice as a paintbrush.  As the children rubbed the ice across their paper, the ice melted and the resulting water mixed with the powdered paint allowing the kids to paint their picture.