We spotted the "recipe" on the Crafty Crow (where else?!) a few weeks ago and finally gave it a try after a particularly messy supper of pasta with marinara sauce. The paints whip up in seconds with ingredients we always have on hand (baby bath soap, cornstarch, and food coloring) and the girls love them.
Although the link to the recipe features a muffin tin's worth of paint, we've pretty much stuck to one cup of paint per child. The recipe makes a fair amount, but we like to have two colors! (I've been thinking that next time we'll just do one batch and split it between the two cups and then dye it. I probably should've come up with that solution earlier, but I'm claiming pregnancy brain.) With some of Ikea's marvelously inexpensive paintbrushes, the girls happily paint away. And -- even better! -- I've found that the paints clean up far more easily than some of those brand-name bath crayons I've purchased. When we're nearly done with the bath I give the girls some wash cloths, and they just wipe their paint off the tub. (Washing it off the girls is even easier, since it's mostly soap!) They like the "erasing" almost as much as they like the painting. And that makes everyone happy!
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I think life at the circus sounds like quite a bit of fun... :-)
What a great idea! I may use this one too. Thanks for sharing.
Tried to get the link off the Crafty Crow, but it didn't work for some reason. What's the recipe?
The recipe is too easy: stir together 1/3 cup liquid soap (we use the yellowish baby kind), 2 Tbsp cornstarch, and a few drops of food coloring. Add water as needed to get a paint-like consistency. (Credit to Wee Life at http://living.weelife.com/2008/10/more-mad-baths.html)
Happy painting!
Oh we loved this activity. Thanks for sharing! I can't believe how quickly the girls are growing. It feels like yesterday we were walking in the Central Oahu Park.
Fun!! I tagged you for a photo meme over on my page.
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