Home made finger paint!

So little miss really likes to browse the YouTube on the iPad and she stumbled across diy finger paint. She then begged me to make some for her so we watched a few video's, looked up a few different recipes and decided to try this one. It is from www.theminitravelingcupcake.blogspot.com

2 tablespoons sugar

1-2 tablespoons salt

1/3 cup flour

2 cups water

food coloring of choice

1. Mix the dry ingredients into a saucepan with a whisk

2. Add the water and whisk until smooth, try to get as many of the big lumps out as you can (but don't go crazy)

3. Turn the heat to medium and whisk regularly until thickened. I whisked continuously for the first 4-5 minutes and then every 30 seconds or so, so that the mixture didn't stick to the bottom. It took me 10-12 minutes for it to thicken up properly - you want it to look like slightly thinned out pudding. It will continue to thicken as it cools.

4. Turn off the heat and let the mixture cool in the pan. Stir or whisk every few minutes to help it cool down and to stop lumps from forming.

5. Once the mixture is cool divide evenly between cups and add food coloring as needed to reach your desired shade. I used blue, red, yellow and green. Next time I think I will leave out the green as it was kind of a pain to wash off.

6. The paint will continue to thicken over time. If you let the paint sit before using, give it a stir before you dig in, ours got a bit gloppy.

And this is how ours turned out!

sorry about the messy countertop :P 

Anyways little miss had a whole bunch of fun painting. I do think i'm going to try another recipe though because these seemed really thick and would get kinda hard pretty quick. Maybe a diy fingerpaint series is in order haha may the best one win!