Mom's Fingerpaint

1/2 cup cornstarch
2 cups boiling water
1 cup cold water food coloring or poster paint
1 package unflavoured gelatin

Mix cornstarch with 3/4 cup cold water to a smooth paste.
Soak gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water.
Pour boiling water slowly over cornstarch mixture.
Stir and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and clears.
Remove from stove and stir in gelatin.
Cool and divide into small jars.
Add color and refrigerate.

1/2 cup soap flakes
1/2 cup water
food coloring
shelf paper
newspapers

Using a mixer whip the soap flakes and water until thick and foamy.
Put the fluffy mixture into small containers and add food coloring.
Have kids mix with a spoon.

Put shelf paper down on newspaper and spread bubble paint on the paper
with fingers. The paint will be thick like frosting and look like snow.
Pictures will need to dry overnight.

Finger Licking Painting

Make up a package of instant pudding according to the directions.
Spoon it on a slick piece of paper or shelf paper on top of newspapers.
Create your own patterns and designs.

Use vanilla pudding and add food color to create your own!

Window Painting

This is another version to the paint we use in the classroom
to paint the windows. We mix powdered paint with Tide detergent
so it's easier to wash out of the children's clothes. The following
is easier to use at home. Washes off windows with a wet paper towel.

Clear dishwashing liquid
Premixed tempera paints

Mix about 1 tablespoon of dishwashing liquid to each color
with 1/2 tablespoon of paint
(should have the consistency of house paint).

Glitter Painting

Mix White paint to thin consistency and sprinkle with glitter.
Use cotton swabs instead of brushes for a change.