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How To Make Finger Paint

July 28, 2014 by Scarlet

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My kids love art. After all, most kids love the opportunity to be creative, express their imagination, and make a mess! I am going to share with you a recipe for how to make finger paint that is easy and fun. You and your kids will enjoy making these DIY paints together as a fun arts and crafts project, plus it will save you money! This homemade finger paint recipe is made with corn starch and other common kitchen ingredients.

Easy DIY Finger Paint Tutorial

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This DIY finger paint recipe and tutorial was originally shared by Tanya Memme on the Home & Family Show which airs weekdays at 10 am on the Hallmark Channel. I was given permission to share it with you here.

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Photo Copyright 2014 Crown Media Family Networks/Photographer: Jeremy Lee

Finger Paint Recipe Ingredients:

  • 3 tbs Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Corn Starch
  • 2 cups water Water
  • various Jell-O packages for chosen for their colors (I suggest lemon, strawberry, and berry blue)
  • colored glitters (optional)

How To Make Homemade Finger Paint:

Over medium heat, combine sugar, salt, corn starch, and water.

Stir until thickened to about the consistency of Greek Yogurt.

Remove from heat and pour into 4 bowls.

Add ½ package of Jell-O to each bowl for desired color. If you use the three flavors I suggested you can make red, yellow, and blue finger paints. This will give you the primary colors and then kids can have fun mixing from there.

Add 1 tbs of matching color glitter to each bowl of paint, if desired. The glitter is completely optional and I only suggest to for children that are old enough not to stick their fingers in their mouths. All of the ingredients in this recipe are totally OK to eat EXCEPT for the glitter. Therefore, these are edible finger paints as long as you don’t add the glitter.

Allow to cool fully before giving to your children to use for painting.

This recipe will make one 2 cup batch of finger paint. Repeat this recipe 2 more times to get all your primary colors. After that, you can then mix a portion of those to create more colors. I would suggest 1/2 cup of red and 1/2 cup of yellow to make orange as your fourth color and 1/2 cup of yellow and 1/2 cup of blue to make green as your fifth color. That should be plenty to work with.

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July 28, 2014
by Scarlet Paolicchi
Category Activities & Crafts
Easy to make finger paints that are made with safe, non-toxic ingredients.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
5 minutes
Total Time
10 minutes
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Notes

The ingredients listed will make 2 cups of finger paint. Repeat this process with different flavors of gelatin for each color you want to make.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbs white granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • ½ cup Corn Starch
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1/2 package of Jell-O Gelatin
  • Glitter (optional)

Instructions

  1. Over medium heat, combine Sugar, Salt, Corn Starch, and Water. Stir until thickened to about the consistency of Greek Yogurt.
  2. Remove from heat and pour into bowl and allow to cool slightly.
  3. Add ½ Pack of Jell-O for desired color and mix well.
  4. Add 1 tbs Glitter (if desired).
  5. Allow to cool fully before painting.
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Finger paints are a great way to allow your child to express their creativity. Kids love to engage and work together so they can be inspired and you. Have fun painting and don’t forget to tell you children that you notice how hard they are working on their art projects and that you are are proud of that. Finger painting is also a great opportunity to do fun hand and foot print art that you can incorporate into your decor. Have fun with it! Do you think you will try this homemade paint recipe?

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