4 Indoor Water Activities – Parenthood

When we talk about water games, we directly think that they must be practiced outside, for example, in the swimming pool, on the beach, in the garden … But this is not necessarily the case, because many water activities can be done indoors. You don’t know any? In this article, we give you some ideas.

4 indoor aquatic activities

Bubbles in the water

To do this activity, you will need a tub or bowl, a straw, and a sponge. Once you have all the items, you need to do the following:

1. Fill the tub or bowl with water.
2. Blow on the water with the straw, observing the creation of small air bubbles on the surface.
3. Put a sponge on the bottom of the tub or bowl and squeeze it with your hands, watching the small air bubbles come out of the holes. Then release the sponge so that it floats and releases large air bubbles.

The rainbow at home, one of the most interesting activities with water

To do this activity, you need a tub or bowl, a mirror, and white cardboard. Then the following process should be implemented:

1. Fill the tub with water and place it in front of a window where sunlight can enter.
2. Place the mirror inside the tub, placing it so that the part in contact with the water is the one that receives the sun’s rays.
3. Place the white card in front of the mirror and move it slowly until you see the colors of the rainbow.
4. Observe the rainbow that has been created.

But why is this happening? The fact that you can create a rainbow with these simple steps is because sunlight is made up of seven colors, which with the above-described procedure separate from each other, forming so the rainbow.

Water xylophone

The following materials are needed for this activity: six glass cups, six boxes of different colored inks, and a wooden stick. The goal is to create an aquatic xylophone, and to do so, follow these steps:

1. Place the glasses in a row, one next to the other.
2. Fill the glasses with different amounts of water and put a few drops of ink in each one, so that they are all a different color.
3. Take the stick and carefully tap each of the glasses, producing different sounds.
4. Create melodies with the different sounds of the glasses.

Bubbles in bubbles

This activity requires dishwasher detergent, liquid glycerin, a straw, a glass or plastic container, a cloth and a flat surface (eg a table). Then follow these steps:

1. Mix 600 ml of water, 200 ml of dishwasher detergent and 100 g of liquid glycerin in a container.
2. Wet a cloth with the mixture prepared beforehand and pass it on a flat surface, such as a table.
3. Blow on the surface with the straw, rod or stick, observing how a soap bubble forms.
4. Gently insert the straw, rod or stick into the bubble and blow again, so that a bubble forms inside the previously made bubble. This process can be repeated multiple times, creating smaller bubbles inside other bubbles. But you have to be very careful, because they can burst at any time.