Sidewalk Paint

With these beautiful Alberta days, Jellybean has been begging to go out and play!  She loves to play with her sidewalk chalk and she loves to paint, so we found this recipe and tried it out!  I like it because it is biodegradable and eco-friendly, and clean up is a breeze on both sidewalk and Jellybean!
I found this recipe at Busy Bee Kids Crafts, and it worked really well!

Supplies Needed

1/4 Cup Corn Starch (per color)

1/4 cup water (per color)

8-10 drops of food coloring

Paint Brushes

Bowls (1 per color)

Other implements (craft sticks, plastic spoons etc.)

1.  Mix together your corn starch and water.  Add the food coloring.  I mixed these right in the bowls.  You will notice that it seems to be quite runny, but it does thicken up over use.  Make sure to stir right away or your corn starch will clump and make it harder to use.  If you find it stiffening up, just stir it some more!  I used blue, green, red and yellow, and Jellybean painted with a spoon, a plastic rake, her hands and feet and her paint brushes.  

We started out with paint brushes...

Then we discovered neat patterns and designs when we dumped the paint.  Jellybean loved running her hands over the piles of paint as it creates a smooth, puffy finish.  And of course, no painting is complete without a rock!  She had fun using the rock to scrape the paint off.  It left a fairy dust of chalk-like powder that was also fun to smear around!

And of course, we HAD to splatter the paint with our fingers and brushes!

2.  When you're done, get out the hose and wash your art away!  I was surprised at how cleanly it all washed away!