Homemade Paints for Kids

  Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Paint

 2 Tablespoons corn starch

2 Tablespoons water

5 drops of food coloring

* Paint on cement with a paintbrush.

Homemade Puffy Paint

* For best results, mix the paint just before you use it.  

For each color, combine 1 tablespoon each of FLOUR and SALT, 

1 teaspoon of BAKING POWDER,

2 tablespoons plus 1 or 2 tablespoons of WATER, 

and several drops of  FOOD COLORING.  

Stir until smooth.  

Apply the paint to a sheet of sturdy card stock using brushes or cotton swabs.  

To dry and puff the paint, microwave the finished work for 20 seconds.  

(If the paint isn't dry, microwave it for 10 seconds more.)

* The paint is safe to eat (though yucky-tasting), but the food coloring makes it hazardous to clothes.  

Have your child wear an apron and/or an old t-shirt that can get stained.

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*** BOTH OF THESE PAINTS HAVE BEEN TRIED AND TESTED 

BY ME, MY KIDS, AND THEIR FRIENDS.

BOTH PAINTS WERE SUPER FUN TO PLAY WITH!