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| Turning mommy’s old syllabi into art. |
Fingerpainting is so much fun, but mine are so little that even the non-toxic stuff they sell at the store worries me. I was so excited to try the recipe I found here. I wasn’t going to be shoveling it into the little one’s mouth, but I also wasn’t going to be surprised if some made it in there. (It did.)
The awesome thing about it? It’s super easy and mighty cost-effective, especially if you look at the prices of some of the leading brands on the kids’ craft market. I’m not going to lie; I didn’t measure. I just used equal parts flour and cold water and then added food dye. We had so much messy fun.
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| Print of the final project |
My only critique? This paint is really “wet.” Not so great if you’re working with paper and trying to save the artwork. Our paper soaked through and then got torn up, but that was a whole other fun activity in itself. I used another piece of paper to make a print of the art work. Something to display on the fridge!
One of the best art projects I ever remember doing was finger painting shamrocks using pistachio pudding in preschool. To this day, I think that is where my love of pistachio pudding began =)
Pudding paintings probably won’t last forever, but they were so much fun to make!
Edible paint projects may not be the best to keep forever (I’m thinking bugs!) but they certainly are cost efficient and FUN! We’ll have to try pistachio pudding!
I’ll have to pass this on to my wife for our little ones. Of course, the last “finger painting” done in our house involved our potty training three year old & it certainly was not edible. 🙂
Oh, gross! Haha. But so telling of the side of parenting people don’t inform you about till you get there.
This looks so fun! I bet my kids would love it! Messy though =)
So messy! But that’s part of the fun of being a kid. :p We had the bath all ready to go right when we were done!
I’ve used flour and water as paste in a bind (as a kid). This is such a cute idea!
I’ll have to keep that on file for future art projects! Thanks, Gillian!
Gettin’ crazy with the paints! I love it! Bring me a bib and some paints….
We don’t have any kids but it does look interesting.. but could get messy but fun 😉
Super messy! I’d be interested to see how it works in adult projects…I have a few artist friends. Maybe I’ll have to convince them to experiment.
Edible? Now way! My children would love this…messy art is always a huge hit in our home. Thanks for sharing. xx – Monica
I know, right? And edible, but not very tasty. So they won’t be loading up on food dye. :p
Great idea, and so essential when you have little ones! Thanks so much!
No problem!
Thanks for this! My little one is really into “art” these days and gets so mad when her brothers are doing something that she can’t.
It can be so hard to find things they can do when they’re so young! You want to encourage that creativity (and a lot of art projects are good for sensory learning and developing fine motor skills, too,) but we were super excited when we found this one because we’ve been having the same problem.