Smoothie Color Mixing

Make blueberry and strawberry drinks, then mix and layer them in clear cups to see how many new colors you can create.

Bake one of these

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  Little Helpers

  Wild Blueberry Smoothie

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  Little Helpers

  Strawberry Milkshake

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  Little Helpers

  Strawberry Milk

What you need

• Clear plastic cups
• Spoons
• A little plain milk
• Two sheets of white paper: one for a background and one for your color chart
• Crayons or colored pencils

Steps

1. Start with the milkWash your hands first and check every ingredient with your grown-up. Make the strawberry milk together by stirring.
2. BlendYour grown-up runs the blender to make the blueberry smoothie, then the strawberry milkshake, and pours each one into its own clear cup. Never put your hands or a spoon into the blender.
3. Make a color chartLine up a cup of each drink on the white paper. Color a dot for each one on your chart.
4. Mix twoIn new cups, mix two drinks half and half. What color do blueberry and strawberry make together? Add each new shade to your chart.
5. Make it lighterStir a splash of plain milk into a spoonful of blueberry smoothie. Does it get lighter? Keep adding and coloring each new shade.
6. Stack itPour the thickest drink into one cup first. Then pour a little of each other drink on top, slowly, over the back of a spoon. Thick drinks may stack in stripes for a moment.

Make it yours

• Give each new shade a name, like Berry Sunset
• Stir lemon juice into some blueberry smoothie and see if it turns redder
• Make a color for each person in your family