Supplies Needed:
Large Bowl
Plastic Squeeze Bottle (such as those used for ketchup/mustard)
Flour
Salt
Water
Food Coloring
#1: Mix equal parts of flour, salt and water in a large bowl. Pour mixture into plastic squeeze bottles. Add food coloring to make different colors of glitter. The salt is what gives the designs a glistening glitter quality when dry!
*Use your glitter to decorate pictures, signs, crafts and your name.
Kool-Aid
Bowl and Spoon
Paint Brush
#1: Mix Kool-Aid with water in a bowl.
#2: Dip your paint brush in the mixture and begin painting!
Mixing Cups
Small Containers (*try using an egg carton or muffin tin for easy cleanup)
Spray Bottles (optional)
Paint Brushes
¼ cup Cornstarch
¼ cup Cold Water
#1: In one of the small containers mix ¼ cup or Cornstarch and ¼ cup of Cold Water. Place a small amount of food coloring in the mixture and mix well. You can make the mixture for each color you want to create. Give them a paint brush and send them outside to design!
* You can pour the mixture into a spray bottle and have the kids spray the mixture onto the sidewalk for a neat effect. If its cold outside send them out with a spray bottle to make pictures on the snow!
* Design Ideas: Design Roads to ride their bikes on. Decorate for the holiday. Make a Hopscotch.
Send us a picture or leave us a comment letting us know what you did with your homemade sidewalk paint!
Supplies Needed
Electric Mixer
Small Containers
(*try using an egg carton or muffin tin for easy cleanup)
3 Teaspoons Shampoo
#1 In a large bowl mix 3 teaspoons of shampoo with a little bit of water. Then whip the mixture with a electric mixer until it becomes like shaving cream. Separate the mixture into small containers and add a drop of food coloring. Then you are ready to create your underwater adventure!
Food Coloring Variety Pack
To Make Orange: Mix equal parts of red and yellow
To Make Purple: Mix equal parts of red and blue
To Make Black: Mix 3 parts red, 3 parts blue and 2 parts green
To Make Brown: Mix equal parts of green and red