There is something freeing and wonderful about fingerpainting. There are no rules, no boundaries and the masterpieces that are being made are in the artists’ mind and on their fingertips! Anyone, no matter what their age or abilities, can fingerpaint. Some might need some help, but it’s really such a fun experience.
My daughter and I invited a friend and her son over to fingerpaint. I made edible paint from scratch as they are both likely to eat it.
Here’s how you can do it at home yourself.
You will need:
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 3 tbsp of sugar
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 2 cups of cold water
- food colouring
- whisk
- pot
1. Mix all the ingredients into the pot on the stove over medium-low heat. You will need to continually whisk the mixture for 10-15 minutes. It will seem that you are mixing a milk-like mixture forever, but have patience because it will change!
2. After about 10-15 minutes your mixture will suddenly congeal and become gel-like. Once that happens remove it from the heat immediately.
3. I spooned my mixture into 5 different plastic containers.
4. While hot, mix the food colouring into each container.
5. This is what all 5 colours looked like after adding the food colouring. Wait until the paint cools before you use it. You can store the finger paint for about 3 days in the containers.
I bought small canvases from the dollar store. Put the kiddies in high chairs and put dollops of the paint onto the canvas for them to explore. Sure, they both put some in their mouths, but their results were phenomenal!
I hope that you will try this and that you and your kiddies will make wonderful masterpieces and memories too.
