Winter Homemade Paint

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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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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.

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

Hot Cocoa Paint:

• 1 Tablespoon unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

Peppermint Paint:

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

Sugar Cookies Paint:

• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract

Gingerbread Cookies Paint:

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

Shimmery Snow Paint:

• blue & silver glitter

Sugarplum Purple Paint:

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

Winter Blue Paint:

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

Pine Tree Green Paint:

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