It was an experiment I did with the girls on a day when we just couldn’t get out of the house. I looked through the pantry for all the different kinds of teas I’d unknowingly collected over the years.
There was the peppermint tea, which didn’t have much color but the taste and smell was something I thought they would notice. There was the raspberry tea I got at the end of my first pregnancy because I heard it could start labor. It made water a pretty red color and worked great as “paint.”
There was the plain old Lipton tea that I had a ton of, and it made different shades of brown depending on how long you let it steep. And then there was the green tea, which, yeah you know.
I set out the girl’s plastic tea set, some extra cups and some old empty baby food jars. They dipped the tea bags in each of them, mixed the different colored waters, and wiped the tea bags on paper to make some what turned out to be some pretty strokes of color. All in all it was a really great experiment and they loved it. Was a bit messy but go figure. Will definitely do it again sometime. until then I need to browse through all the different kinds/colors of teas out there.
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