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.

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Ingredients:
  1. 1 cup of flour
  2. 2 TBS of salt
  3. 1 1/2 cups of cold water
  4. 1 1/4 cups of hot water
  5. Food coloring or powdered tempera paint
Equipment:
  1. Saucepan
  2. Whisk
  3. Small containers
Directions:
  1. 1. Mix flour and salt in the saucepan
  2. 2. Add cold water and beat with the whisk (or a rotary beater) until the mixture becomes smooth
  3. 3. Add the hot water and place the mixture to boil until it becomes thick
  4. 4. Beat the mixture again to get a smooth texture
  5. 5. Divide the mixture to small containers and add food coloring or powdered tempera paint.
  6. 6. Keep in the fridge.

Looking for a different fingerpaint recipe? visit my finger paint recipe page.

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