My
children love to paint. It is one of their favorite activities to do when given
a choice. They love all arts and crafts to be perfectly honest, but painting is
one where they tend to think outside the lines and really let their creativity
flow. I decided that we needed to give finger paint another chance – as the
first time we tried it my children wanted nothing to do with it {they do not
like to have sticky messy hands}. I was not going to waste my money on store
bought finger paint if it wasn’t going to get used… so we made our own.
What you need:
3 tbsp
sugar
½ tsp
salt
½ cup
corn starch
2 cups
water
food
coloring
1 tbsp
liquid dish detergent
How to make it:
Combine
the sugar, salt, corn starch, and water in a saucepan. Whisk until combined.
Stir
over medium-low heat until the mixture thickens- stirring continuously.
One it
is thickened pour in the liquid dish detergent and mix well.
Set
aside and let cool.
Once it
has cooled down pour into containers and add the desired food coloring.
We made
two different batches of this homemade finger paint. The first time we made it
we left out the liquid dish detergent and we had issues with the food coloring
staining our hands. This is a big pet peeve of mine. So we tossed that batch
and we tried again and added the dish detergent and it made all the difference
in the world. We had NO issues with the food coloring staining our hands.
I love
making homemade arts and crafts as well as creating our own art supplies. The
kids love mixing and experimenting and I enjoy being a little thrifty. The kids
call these little activities our “experiments”, and they request to do them
often. With winter break just around the corner we will be doing more of these “experiments”
at home. They are a great way of entertaining the kids and they help me to get
my creative juices flowing.
