Can you taste color? In Skittles it's all about color. Everyone is worried about artificial colors, but those artificial colors make this activity. You should hurry up and do this activity because Mars, Inc is removing all those artificial colors from all of its food products. All that hard food science work developing those colors more than 20 years ago will soon be gone.
I had my boys count out 20 Skittles and put them in a big circle on a plate. I warmed up some water, and had them pour the water in the middle of the Skittles circle. It needs to be enough water to touch all the Skittles. The warm water bleeds the color, and it makes a rainbow of Skittle color.
I like this activity because it made the boys practice patience. They had to wait to eat those delectable bright tempting Skittles. They had to practice counting and identify colors with this activity. It also made them think about the what ifs. What if they added more water? What if they swirled the colors with their fingers? What if they ate a Skittle; would the color still be there?
We did this activity after supper, so it was a fun dessert for them. Now they ask for the rainbow dessert.
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