Ages 4-5

Homemade Paint

Skills/Topics:

-Painting

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Supply List: 

-Flour

-Warm Water 

-Salt

-Measuring Cups

-Mixing Bowls

-Mixing Spoon

-Containers to put paint in 

-Food Coloring

-White Copy Paper

-Paintbrush

Alternative Supply List: 

-If you don't have white copy paper paint on colored paper, magazine paper, cardboard, newspaper, etc. 

-If you don't have a paintbrush your child can finger paint

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Overview: 

During this project your child will have fun making and using homemade paint. Try mixing food coloring for more colors, for example red and yellow food coloring makes orange.

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Click here for more food coloring mixing ideas

Project Directions:

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Step One:

Click here to see the homemade paint recipe. 

Step Two:

Use the paint to create a painting. You could have your child free paint whatever their heart desires, practice painting shapes or lines, mix the paint and see what happens with the colors, turn on music and have them add paint to match the mood of the music, paint a picture of your family, paint a picture of your house, paint a picture of their favorite toy, or come up with your own painting ideas!