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Winter Homemade Paint

Winter Lesson Plans

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Project Provided by Guest Contributor: Tina Ashcraft

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Activity:  

Winter Homemade Paint

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Age Group:

Toddlers

Preschool

School-Age

Winter Homemade Paint

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Click on the photos to enlarge.

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Basic Paint Recipe:

• Equal parts of:  Water, Salt, & Flour
  • Mix salt and flour together, breaking up all lumps.
    
  • Stir in water.
    
  • Mixture will be very thick.
    
  • Dilute with additional water to desired thickness if you are not adding any other liquid ingredients.
    
  • Keep thicker for finger painting and thinner for painting with a brush.

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Add the following ingredients to ¼ cup of basic paint mixture. 
Add additional water as needed.

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Hot Cocoa Paint:

• 1 Tablespoon unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

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Peppermint Paint:

• 2-3 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 4-6 drops red food coloring

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Sugar Cookies Paint:

• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract

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Gingerbread Cookies Paint:

• 1 Tablespoon ginger powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon all-spice

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Shimmery Snow Paint:

• blue & silver glitter

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Sugarplum Purple Paint:

• 8-10 drops red food coloring
• 3-5 drops blue food coloring
• silver or purple glitter 

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Winter Blue Paint:

• 6-10 drops blue food coloring
• silver and blue glitter

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Pine Tree Green Paint:

• 8-10 drops green food coloring
• 2-3 drops blue food coloring
• green glitter

Online Courses

Using Visual Arts to Enhance Development
(1 hour / .1 CEU)
Tuition: $10.50

Using the Arts as a Teaching Tool 
(1 hour / .1 CEU) 
Tuition: $10.50

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Winter Lesson Plans

Winter Poems, Songs and Action Rhymes

winter Gallery

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