Homemade Fingerpaint - Finger Paint Recipe
Creating homemade fingerpaint is an activity children enjoy - they love finding out how things are made. The following recipe is flour based.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of flour
- 2 TBS of salt
- 1 1/2 cups of cold water
- 1 1/4 cups of hot water
- Food coloring or powdered tempera paint
Equipment:
- Saucepan
- Whisk
- Small containers
Directions:
- 1. Mix flour and salt in the saucepan
- 2. Add cold water and beat with the whisk (or a rotary beater) until the mixture becomes smooth
- 3. Add the hot water and place the mixture to boil until it becomes thick
- 4. Beat the mixture again to get a smooth texture
- 5. Divide the mixture to small containers and add food coloring or powdered tempera paint.
- 6. Keep in the fridge.
Looking for a different fingerpaint recipe? visit my finger paint recipe page.
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