I thought our table that seats six looked a little odd with only 4 place mats. I thought how fun would it be to let the kiddos finger paint two more. I hyped it up all morning, I had the two most well behaved children all morning. After nap time I pulled out the paper, aprons, paints. Uh Oh, the paints were all dried up except yellow. So they had very sunshiny paintings. However, thanks to my dear 'ol sweet Mom, I have this cookbook from when I was a little kiddo. It has all sorts of kid friendly to make and eat recipes. In the back are recipes for fun, not food. I found the finger paint recipe and we had everything on hand to make it!! It was awesome making paint with the kids. I defiantly recommend aprons for all. Kids and food coloring is a dangerous combination for your kitchen and clothes.
So here's the recipe, I halved it, it yields about 2 cups, that seemed like a lot for my 2 kiddos.
Finger Paints:
3 T. Sugar
1/2 C. Cornstarch
2 C. Water
Food Coloring
Dish Detergent
Mix sugar and cornstarch in a medium sauce pan. Add the water and mix a little more.
Cook over a low heat, stirring constantly until well blended; about 5 minutes.
Remove from the stove, cool, and pour into plastic or paper cups. I used the smallest of those Ziploc containers that has the snap on lids.
Add food coloring until it is the desired color, and then add a drop of detergent.
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