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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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