Color Activities For Kids

Hands On Learning Through Play

Simple Ideas For Everyday Learning

Exploring colors with kids is so much fun and these color activities are perfect for anytime play! Learning names of colors, sorting colors, mixing colors, creating with colors is all a part of early learning play. I love to share the same concept in many different ways so my son has an opportunity to practice new skills and maintain already mastered skills and concepts. Color mixing is always lots of fun once you move past basic color recognition! Check out all the fun color activities we have come up with to play and learn with colors. Many of the color activities include additional learning ideas with mathematics, science and fine motor skills! Click on all photos for set up instructions!

Color Recognition

Games always make learning more fun, don’t you think? Check out what you have around the house to make a game!

Color Matching And Sorting

Color matching and sorting is great hands-on busy work for little handles! Lots of room for fine motor skills practice by adding scissors, clothespins, tongs and rolling pins!

Color Mixing

We are still working on color mixing theory here. There are so many neat ways to try this one out. We also have a fizzy dough color mixing tray (here) and play dough color mixing (here)!

Color Sensory Play

Any sensory bin that offers up a visual bounty of colors is awesome for learning. Talk with your child about the colors he or she sees. Describe them; sort them; play with them!