Crafting With Mema – Making Homemade Paint
We’ve started a new Monday series here at NanaHood, called “Crafting With Mema“. These posts will include patterns, recipes, and fun craft projects to do with your kids or grandkids. The ideas won’t be difficult (if anything, we’ll err on the side of SUPER EASY), and we hope we’ll inspire YOU to do more crafting!
This week, Allan and Mema are making homemade paint!
So, to recap… to make homemade paint, you need:
- 1 tablespoon of baking soda
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar (it will bubble up when you mix them)
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon of liquid soap
- food coloring (your choice!)
Mix it all together, and you have PAINT! Coming next week… painting with the homemade paint!
Happy crafting!!
Don’t forget… if you and your children/grandchildren create something from one of our Crafting posts, we’d LOVE to see photos (or videos). Along those same lines, we are also interested in posting YOUR video or photo tutorials, so if you have crafty kiddos and want to share, please send an email to ad***@na******.com.
About “Mema”: Cheryl Booth has been crafting for more years than she cares to remember, and has shared her love of crafts with kids in her home, in Bible classes, at summer camp, and elsewhere. You can visit Cheryl’s craft shop online at http://www.mycraftbooth.etsy.com
Sorry, I DID forget to respond. I checked with my mom and she said, “No” on it being washable. Even with the soap, the food coloring could stain, so best to use cover-ups or old clothes when using this paint! Thanks for the question!!
Let me know if Char forgets to respond….she’s one busy gal! I’ll remind her if she forgets (tee hee) I bug the poor woman to death!
Char,
Just wondering, does the addition of the soap make this paint washable? Looks like a great idea, but I always buy the washable paint after ruining a few of my grandson’s clothes. 🙂