Home Made Puff Paint
What you need:
Activity:
Step 1. Mix the flour and salt together in a large bowl. Stir in the water and mix to combine until smooth.
Step 2. Divide the mixture into as many bowls as you want colours. Stir in the dye to colour each bowl.
Step 3. Use the spoon to scoop the coloured paint into a squeeze bottle (I use store bought sauce bottles).
Step 4. Create your masterpiece
Step 5. Once the masterpiece has been created, carefully place in a microwave and cook on HIGH for 10 seconds. Check to see the paint is puffing and continue to cook on high at 10-second intervals until the paint is dry and puffy.
What you need:
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup table salt
- 1 cup water
- Food or paint colouring
Activity:
Step 1. Mix the flour and salt together in a large bowl. Stir in the water and mix to combine until smooth.
Step 2. Divide the mixture into as many bowls as you want colours. Stir in the dye to colour each bowl.
Step 3. Use the spoon to scoop the coloured paint into a squeeze bottle (I use store bought sauce bottles).
Step 4. Create your masterpiece
Step 5. Once the masterpiece has been created, carefully place in a microwave and cook on HIGH for 10 seconds. Check to see the paint is puffing and continue to cook on high at 10-second intervals until the paint is dry and puffy.
Bath Paints
What you need:
Step 1. combine the soap and cornstarch in a small bowl.
Step 2. Divide the mixture into as many bowls as you want colours. Stir in the colouring to each bowl.
Step 3. Use a paint brush or fingers to paint the bath or body
Bath Crayons
What you need
Step 1. Put the water into a bowl, then add the soap flakes.
Step 2. Add the food colouring and stir until it forms a thick paste, this will take time.
Step 3. Place the mixture into ice cube trays, the long ones are more crayon like. Leave in a dry place to set for a day or two.
Step 4. When hard bang tray to remove crayons. They are now ready to use.
What you need:
- 1/2 cup liquid hand soap
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Food colouring
Step 1. combine the soap and cornstarch in a small bowl.
Step 2. Divide the mixture into as many bowls as you want colours. Stir in the colouring to each bowl.
Step 3. Use a paint brush or fingers to paint the bath or body
Bath Crayons
What you need
- 1 cup pure soap flakes
- 2 tablespoons of hot water
- food colouring
Step 1. Put the water into a bowl, then add the soap flakes.
Step 2. Add the food colouring and stir until it forms a thick paste, this will take time.
Step 3. Place the mixture into ice cube trays, the long ones are more crayon like. Leave in a dry place to set for a day or two.
Step 4. When hard bang tray to remove crayons. They are now ready to use.
Thick Cornflour Paint
IWhat you need
8 rounded tablespoons cornflour
2 litres water
Food colouring or Edicol dye
Method
Step 1. Mix the cornflour with a little water to form a paste
Step 2. Boil remaining water
Step 3. Add the conrflour paste to the boiled water and stir until mixture becomes clear
Step 4. Allow to cool and pour into container(s)
Step 5. Mix in food colouring/Edicol dye
Extension ideas
• Give the children two different primary colours of paint to mix together with their hands and fingers
• Provide some simple tools, e.g. a wide toothed comb or a toy car for the children to use in making marks through the fingerpaint
• Change the texture of the paint by adding sand to it or try fingerpainting with shaving cream
• Take prints of the patterns made in fingerpaint by gently placing a piece of paper onto the paint, then taking off and leaving to dry.
IWhat you need
8 rounded tablespoons cornflour
2 litres water
Food colouring or Edicol dye
Method
Step 1. Mix the cornflour with a little water to form a paste
Step 2. Boil remaining water
Step 3. Add the conrflour paste to the boiled water and stir until mixture becomes clear
Step 4. Allow to cool and pour into container(s)
Step 5. Mix in food colouring/Edicol dye
Extension ideas
• Give the children two different primary colours of paint to mix together with their hands and fingers
• Provide some simple tools, e.g. a wide toothed comb or a toy car for the children to use in making marks through the fingerpaint
• Change the texture of the paint by adding sand to it or try fingerpainting with shaving cream
• Take prints of the patterns made in fingerpaint by gently placing a piece of paper onto the paint, then taking off and leaving to dry.
Marble Painting
There are two ways to do this
Method 1
place a piece of paper in a tray with sides eg shoe box
put some dollops of paint scattered over the paper
put a few marbles/golf balls on the paper and roll them around through the paint
Method 2
place a piece of paper in a tray with sides eg shoe box
use an egg carton, muffin tray type of container place a different coloured paint in each section
put a marble in each coloured paint and cover it in paint
put the marble on the paper and roll around the paper, using 1 colour at a time
There are two ways to do this
Method 1
place a piece of paper in a tray with sides eg shoe box
put some dollops of paint scattered over the paper
put a few marbles/golf balls on the paper and roll them around through the paint
Method 2
place a piece of paper in a tray with sides eg shoe box
use an egg carton, muffin tray type of container place a different coloured paint in each section
put a marble in each coloured paint and cover it in paint
put the marble on the paper and roll around the paper, using 1 colour at a time
Painting with water colours, glue and salt
This can be done on paper or canvas
Using water colours paint a background
Put some dollops of clear or white school glue on the painting
Sprinkle some regular table salt around the painting
The salt creates a pretty starburst effect by soaking up paint pigments as the painting dries.
This can be done on paper or canvas
Using water colours paint a background
Put some dollops of clear or white school glue on the painting
Sprinkle some regular table salt around the painting
The salt creates a pretty starburst effect by soaking up paint pigments as the painting dries.
More Salt Painting
Using clear or white glue, draw pictures or patterns on your paper.
Sprinkle table salt over the glue.
With an eye dropper or a small paintbrush, put some water paint on the salt or you could use water with some food colouring in it.
Watch the colours spread.
Using clear or white glue, draw pictures or patterns on your paper.
Sprinkle table salt over the glue.
With an eye dropper or a small paintbrush, put some water paint on the salt or you could use water with some food colouring in it.
Watch the colours spread.
Salad Spinner Art
you will need
Paper plates
Watered down paint or water with food colouring added
A salad spinner
Place a plate inside the salad spinner
Put a few dollops of paint close to the center of the plate
Spin and watch the colours spread
you will need
Paper plates
Watered down paint or water with food colouring added
A salad spinner
Place a plate inside the salad spinner
Put a few dollops of paint close to the center of the plate
Spin and watch the colours spread
How to Dye Rice
you will nee1 cup rice
1 tablespoon vinegar
food colouring
In either a jar, clean maragrine container or zip lock bag or combine all ingredients and shake
When dry they are ready to use for sensory play or craft projects
To speed up the drying process sit them in the sun spread out on a cookie tray
you will nee1 cup rice
1 tablespoon vinegar
food colouring
In either a jar, clean maragrine container or zip lock bag or combine all ingredients and shake
When dry they are ready to use for sensory play or craft projects
To speed up the drying process sit them in the sun spread out on a cookie tray