5 Homemade Fingerpaint Recipes

Finger Painting Fun

Homemade Fingerpaint Recipe

1 cup Flour
1 cup Water
1 cup Sunlight dish soap
2 TBS Food Coloring

Directions:

• Mix all items until there are no lumps and paint is smooth. Keep sealed in an airtight container and refrigerate.
• You can divide the batch up into smaller amounts and use a different color of food coloring for each batch.

Cornflour Finger Paint

2 cups boiling water
1 cup cold water
1/2 cup cornflour
1 pkg unflavored gelatine
food coloring

Directions:

• Stir gelatine into 1/4 cup of cold water and set aside.
• Mix cornflour into the rest of the cold water (3/4 cup) and stir until a smooth paste. Slowly pour the boiling water over the paste mixture and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Once the mixture becomes bubbly from boiling and clear, remove from heat.
• Stir in the gelatine mixture.
• Cool and divide into portions. Add colors to each portion.
• Keep refrigerated.

Jello Fingerpaint Recipe

Jello Powder
Boiling Water

Directions:

• Slowly add boiling water to the Jello powder (constantly stirring) until you have a thick consistency. Add ice to thicken and cool down the Jello quickly. Use when cool.
• This is an edible fingerpaint recipe.

Kool-Aid Finger Paint

3 cups boiling water
2 cups flour
2 packages unsweetened Kool-Aid
1/2 cup salt
3 tablespoons oil

• Mix the Kool-Aid, flour and salt into a glass bowl. Add oil.
• Slowly add the boiling water, stirring while you pour.
• Once cool you can use as fingerpaint.

Pudding Finger Paint

Vanilla Pudding Mix (Instant)
Food Coloring

Directions:

• Make the vanilla pudding according to package directions. Divide into portions and mix in different food coloring for each portion. Paint away!
• This finger paint is edible. If you use food coloring sparingly this is a washable finger paint.

Kids will also have fun with the Homemade Goop and all the Homemade Playdough Recipes and Homemade Bubble Recipes & Bubble Machine.

Updated With More Recipes: Originally Published October 11, 2007

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