Bubble painting is one of our family’s favorite color activities. There is no guessing or sorting, just your toddler exploring colors and having fun.
Bubble Painting to Teach your Child Colors
This color game is definitely one of our family’s favorites. Your child won’t have to guess the right color, or sort, or anything.
They just get to explore colors and have fun with them. Luckily, this is still a great way for teaching your toddler colors.
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How to Make the Bubble Solution
What you need:
- White paper
- Bubble solution
- Food Coloring
- Small Containers (one for each color)
Start by pouring some bubble solution (from Amazon) into each of three small containers.
You can do this activity in the container the bubbles come in, but the colors to be easier to see if poured into little containers.
Next, put a few drops of food coloring into each container. I think I used about 5 drops per container.
We just did red, yellow, and blue this time, but I think we’ll do this activity again with orange, green, and purple.
Teach your Child how to Bubble Paint
First, sit down with your child and give them a white piece of paper.
Then, show them how they can blow bubbles onto their paper, which makes color imprints on their paper. Both of my kids were totally fascinated by this phenomenon.
They loved blowing the bubbles and making a bunch of colors on the paper. Then, they wanted to make a paper with only blue bubbles.
My younger child needed my help holding the bubble wand because he kept putting the bubble wand in his mouth. 🙁 Yucky.
As long as I held the bubble wand though, he did great. His favorite part was popping the bubbles on the paper and then seeing the color appear.
My kiddos loved this game and it was a really great way to learn the colors. Both my preschooler and my toddler were able to just enjoy colors and have fun with them.
Plus, my younger child is really starting to get his colors down. His favorite color is definitely blue. I see a blue-themed 2 year old birthday party in our future. 🙂
We have plenty more color activities where this came from. Browse them on our how to teach colors page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it normal if my 2 year old doesn’t know colors yet?
Yes, completely. Many 2 year olds can match or point to colors but can’t name them yet. Reliable color naming usually doesn’t happen until age 3 or 4.
Does it help to say the color before or after the object?
Both, actually. Saying it both ways (‘here is a red ball’ and ‘this ball is red’) helps the idea click faster, since your toddler hears the color word in different spots.
What age do toddlers learn their colors?
Most toddlers start learning colors between 18 months and 2 1/2, and have them down by age 3. Every child is different, so don’t worry if it takes a little longer.