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Pinch and Mix-Color Mixing Activity

An exciting way to learn about primary and secondary colors

  • Pinch and Mix
    Item #: WMIX-500

    $29.99 In Stock
  • 360 mL Starter Set
    Item #: WMIX-250

    $9.99 In Stock

Usually ships out the next day.

Recommend for 4 to 7 years with adult supervision.

Our team of Color-mixologists have been working around the clock to come up with the coolest color-mixing experiment you’ve ever seen! This Pinch and Mix activity kit is an exciting way to learn about primary and secondary colors, while making a masterpiece in a zipper-lock bag. Just squeeze our colored gel into the provided zipper-lock bags, and prepare for the oohs and ahhs of your students as they squish and squeeze the bags to mix the colors into a beautiful rainbow. Recommended for children ages 4 and up.

Now available in a 360 mL starter set... Perfect for small groups or individual use!

What's included?

  • 30 zipper-lock bags
  • 1 L bottle of blue Pinch and Mix Goo
  • 1 L bottle of red Pinch and Mix Goo
  • 1 L bottle of yellow Pinch and Mix Goo
  • 1 Activity guide
New starter set includes...
  • 6 zipper-lock bags
  • 120 mL bottle of blue Pinch and Mix Goo
  • 120 mL bottle of red Pinch and Mix Goo
  • 120 mL bottle of yellow Pinch and Mix Goo
  • 1 Activity guide

What does it teach?

Excite in the look on your students' faces as they create color masterpieces in zipper-lock bags and learn a terrific lesson about color mixing along the way!

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  • Pinch and Mix
    September 28th, 2011

loads of fun

Erin Dennis    -  September 4, 2012

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This user gave 5/5 stars


This was a very fun project. I used it with kindergarten and first graders. They loved it. We did have a problem with them popping the bags and getting gel on the desks. We solved this by placing the smaller bags inside ziplock quart size bags. The colors were fun and looked great in the window.

Pinch and Mix

Chris White    -  March 19, 2012

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This user gave 5/5 stars


I would recommand this for any preschool teacher. Great tool for color mixing. kids can practice writing their names,letters, colors, numbers, shapes. When they are done they can erase what they did and start all over again. Great Product

Great colors...

Marty    -  September 26, 2011

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This user gave 5/5 stars


Great tool for the kids to get some 'hands on' learning experience by exploring primary and secondary colors. My daughters 1st grade class loved creating, aka squishing and smearing, the colors in the 'snack baggies' to make 'new' colors. And, no big mess to clean up...can't beat that!!!

WONDERFUL PRODUCT FOR ALL AGES :)

Michelle    -  July 8, 2011

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This user gave 5/5 stars


I just love the mix and pinch colors , awesome activity for ALL AGES. I have a mixed age group ages 2-6 years old and they ALL LOVED this activity with the ziploc bags. I sent them home and even my parents were asking where I got the product so I passed them on to this wonderful website :) Just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this product and I can't say enough good things about it!!! I will definitley be buying more products from you guys , YOU ROCK :)

Great product for preschool aged children!

Jennifer Gutowsky    -  December 15, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


I love this product! I use it in several science experiments, but the best is squirting a small amount of each color in different parts of a ziploc baggies and allowing the children to explore. The discoveries and comments they make about color mixing are wonderful. Thanks for creating this awesome product!

OMG LOVE THESE

Liz B    -  September 23, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


I bought these on a whim for an extra activity during summer camp. As it turned out, I LOVE these and have used them with my students for many uses. We color mix, use it to color instant snow, gel crystals, water spheres, instant worms, etc. And the bottles are HUGE!

Easy and Awesome Color in a Bag

Kimberly Morgan Hill, CA    -  October 18, 2009

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This user gave 5/5 stars


What a great activity to do with 36 six year olds. This is a great backup activity or last minute activity because it is SO easy to do! The kids LOVE it and they comment all the way through the bag squishing. Wonderful activity.