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Preschool Color Activities

When colors can you make by mixing red, yellow and blue? Preschoolers learn the names of the primary colors and begin exploring color theory by experimenting with what happens when primary colors are mixed in these fantastic preschool colors activities! Kids can experiment with colors by making magic ice, matching colors and shapes using painted popsicle sticks, and making beautiful foil paintings in these wonderful activity articles that include complete instructions, materials lists, and suggestions for further fun and exploration. Browse our collection of preschool color activities below.

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Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

Create a Color Collage

Here's a preschool color collage activity to help your child work on her sorting skills, and create a beautiful addition to the refrigerator gallery.

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

Fingerprint Fall Trees

Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun, hands-on art activity that will teach your child about the different colors of the seasons.

Create Squishy Paint Art

Featuring plenty of good old fashioned squishy, gooey fun without the mess, this compromise of an art project is sure to please little ones and grown-ups alike.

Count and Sort Fruit Salad

In this fun snack-time activity, kids boost counting, sorting, and color recognition skills as they make a delicious and nutritious snack.

Sun Prints for Kids

Help your preschooler explore the effects of light and shadow, and make a pretty sun print at the same time!

This baking activity lets kids play with frosting, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix.

Create an Egg Carton Color Sorter

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

Colors of the Rainbow

Help your child learn about the science of color mixing and primary and secondary colors with this experimental art activity.

Clothespin Drop!

Help your preschooler practice counting, matching, and learning colors with this fun game!

Color Match Tic-Tac-Toe

Tic-tac-toe is tons of fun, but the traditional version can get a little monotonous after a while. Mix it up and try this colorful outdoor version!

Make a Monster Hand Print

This activity will encourage your child to discover the scientific process, compare sizes shapes, and build shape recognition skills.

Turn your home into a public art space by trying your hand at creating your own removable wall mural.

Shades of Color Painting

Kids get innovative as they mix their own colors then make a painting with the new shades of color they've created.

Something Orange

Explore the color orange with your preschooler by creating an edible picture using orange foods.

Play With Your Food!

Your child will create a textured mosaic by painting, then arranging 50 pumpkin seeds so they resemble a pumpkin.

Rainbow Trout Craft

Drive away rainy day blues by making a paper tropical fish in bright colors, jazzed up with multi-colored confetti.

Make Your Own Matching Game

Your child will boost her visual recognition skills and become more familiar with different colors as she pairs up craft sticks with the same patterns.

100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt

Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

Enjoy the warm spring weather outside and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Play the Rainbow to Explore Acoustics

In this activity, your child fills jars with water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.

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