Homemade bath paint
My nephew Sheamus has his first birthday today (hard to believe) so I was trying to think of a birthday present to give him besides the dinosaur I got him in Colorado. I was cleaning (keyword was) the studio when I came across this recipe for homemade bath paint from Kojo Designs. I knew I had to drop everything to make it for his birthday :)
The cool thing about this project it is easy and 100% washable.
All you need:
1/4 cup shampoo/ or hand soap/ or body wash (use whatever soapy thing you have lying around, great use for shampoo you didn’t like, or the end of the body wash)
1/4 cup corn starch
1-2 TBS water
3-4 drops food coloring (I used neon and added more to make it brighter) Lucky for me I had plenty of shampoo lying around. So that helped. I decided to mix each color in plastic cups that I leftover from my 50 Shades party plus and I picked up plastic spoons too. Combine cornstarch, shampoo, and food coloring. Add water 1/2 a tablespoon at a time until the mixture is thick enough to stick to the paint brush without much dripping, but thin enough to paint a line. If it gets too runny, add more cornstarch, too thick, add more water. I followed the instructions to a T. Then I tested each color on my bathroom tile to make sure it was the right thickness:
After I mixed each color, I put them into ZipLoc containers:
You can use empty baby food jars if you have them laying around. Best part is they come 8 in a pack so you can make a batch for yourself then give some away because the food coloring comes in a four pack. :)
Of course I made some for myself :)
Also this is a good project on Science/Math for kiddos to teach them about measuring etc. I just thought I'd throw that out there since it is Summer and you want to keep the kiddos learning even though school is out!
The cool thing about this project it is easy and 100% washable.
All you need:
1/4 cup shampoo/ or hand soap/ or body wash (use whatever soapy thing you have lying around, great use for shampoo you didn’t like, or the end of the body wash)
1/4 cup corn starch
1-2 TBS water
3-4 drops food coloring (I used neon and added more to make it brighter) Lucky for me I had plenty of shampoo lying around. So that helped. I decided to mix each color in plastic cups that I leftover from my 50 Shades party plus and I picked up plastic spoons too. Combine cornstarch, shampoo, and food coloring. Add water 1/2 a tablespoon at a time until the mixture is thick enough to stick to the paint brush without much dripping, but thin enough to paint a line. If it gets too runny, add more cornstarch, too thick, add more water. I followed the instructions to a T. Then I tested each color on my bathroom tile to make sure it was the right thickness:
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| Here is neon blue :)
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You can use empty baby food jars if you have them laying around. Best part is they come 8 in a pack so you can make a batch for yourself then give some away because the food coloring comes in a four pack. :)
Of course I made some for myself :)
Also this is a good project on Science/Math for kiddos to teach them about measuring etc. I just thought I'd throw that out there since it is Summer and you want to keep the kiddos learning even though school is out!
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