Why you will never buy finger paint again
Some people consider me crazy when it comes to the types of activities I let my kids do. For example, Play-doh
I always loved finger paint as a kid. There is just something about that squishy goo between your fingers and being able to create something with your hands. Loved it!
Anytime I can make something for less than I can buy it I get excited and plus living in a small town makes it hard to find certain things. So, when I came across an easy recipe for finger paint in a family cookbook I knew we had to give it a try, This recipe is so easy that you will never buy finger paint again!
Finger Paint
1/4 C cornstarch
2 C cold water
Boil,
cool, add food coloring
and enjoy.
Easiest.recipe.ever! You might just find yourself sitting down with the kids to join in the fun time and time again. Next time I will double the recipe because when my older boys get home and find out that we finger painted and that it is all gone, they are not going to be happy campers. I guess we’ll just have to make another batch. 🙂
What are some fun, messy things you like to do with your kids?
If your boys love fun, messy painting projects they might like making Toilet-paper Roll Robots or Easy Kazoos.
What a really neat idea. If I wanted to deal with the mess, I would totally do this. It makes so much more sense than buying paints. Really!
What a wonderful idea. I pinned!
Thank you for pinning Lisa! And I was surprised that the mess was really easy to clean up. The paints weren’t sticky so they wiped right off, even the wall when he got a little carried away. 😉
I will try this for sure. Saving money and making it from all natural ing, is appealing to me.
My six year old loves to paint. I have the ing. In my home, why not make it a craft project with
her. Love the idea.
I love that it is all natural as well. I can’t believe some of the ingredients they put in the products we give our kids when most things could be made out of natural ingredients. You’ll have to let me know if she likes it.
A friend of mine uses this same recipe & lets her kiddos paint the inside of the dishwasher door…then she closes it & it gets washed when she runs the load…saves on paper 🙂
Brilliant!! I am totally going to try that. I love smart moms! 😉
I’m definitely sending this recipe to my sister-in-law, such a great idea … and I love the comment idea to ‘paint’ the inside of the dishwasher door. LOL Thank you for the inspiration!
I’m definitely going to try letting them paint the dishwasher door. I might just join in. Sounds like fun. 😉
Good Idea ! (: