About Colour Activities
Colour Activities is a UK-focused publisher of free colour learning ideas for teachers, early years practitioners, childminders, and families. The site covers colour of the week planning, messy play recipes, sensory tray prompts, STEM experiments, and printable worksheets for EYFS, KS1, and KS2 settings.
Last reviewed on 30 April 2026.
Who the site serves
The audience is anyone planning colour-themed learning with children aged roughly two to eleven. That includes nursery practitioners running EYFS provision, Reception and KS1 teachers building colour weeks, KS2 teachers using colour-by-number maths tasks, childminders looking for low-cost messy play, and parents who want ready-made activities for school holidays and rainy weekends.
Resources are written with UK terminology in mind — Reception, Year 1, EYFS areas, tuff trays, welly walks, phonics screening — but the ideas translate directly to international early years and primary settings.
What you'll find here
- Weekly colour-of-the-week plans with vocabulary prompts.
- Messy play recipes for dyed rice, chickpeas, and pasta.
- Tuff tray and sensory invitation themes.
- Colour mixing and chromatography STEM activities.
- Free printable worksheets for maths, phonics, and mindfulness.
Editorial approach
Every activity on Colour Activities is intended to be inexpensive, safe under normal classroom supervision, and quick to set up. We focus on tested, widely-used early years approaches — colour mixing with primary paints, walking water with paper towels, dyed sensory bases — rather than novelty crafts that need specialist equipment.
Activities are written in plain English with vocabulary prompts and curriculum links (EYFS prime and specific areas, National Curriculum KS1/KS2 science) so that adults using the site can plug ideas into existing planning. We avoid prescriptive timings; teachers know their groups best.
We do not collect testimonials, run paid placements, or recommend specific brand products inside articles. If a resource needs particular materials, we name the material category (food colouring, tuff tray, coffee filter) and let the reader choose a supplier.
How content is produced
Articles are drafted around a single learning intention — for example, "predict what happens when yellow and blue mix" — and then expanded with setup notes, language prompts, and links to related activities elsewhere on the site. We cross-check setup steps against general early years practice and run printables through a test print on A4 before publishing.
Pages are reviewed periodically. The "Last reviewed" date at the top of each substantive page reflects the most recent review, not the original publication date. If a date is more than twelve months old, treat the content as a starting point and adapt to your current setting.
Safety first
Activities involving water, food colouring, small parts, heat, or outdoor walks should always be supervised by a responsible adult. Risk-assess for your specific group — including allergies, choking hazards, and individual support needs — before running an activity.
Nothing on Colour Activities is medical, therapeutic, or safeguarding advice. Decisions about a child's care, learning support, or wellbeing should be made by the adults who know that child, in consultation with appropriate professionals.
Get in touch
Suggestions, corrections, and requests for new activities are welcome. The fastest way to reach us is by email at [email protected], or via the contact page. Please mention the page title or URL if you're flagging a typo or broken link so we can fix it quickly.