Art Recipes for Preschoolers (Playdough, Paint and More)
Colored Sand
Purchase sand from your local pet store (I use the kind for reptiles it is thin and soft) or hardware store. Place in ziploc bags and add gel food coloring or mix part water and a few drops of regular food coloring and pour into the bag. Zip the bag shut and massage the color through the sand.
Edible Candy Clay
You Will Need:
1 pound of powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup margarine (softened)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
5-7 drops food coloring
What to do:
• Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until blended (add more powdered sugar if too sticky)
• make animals etc.. YES you can eat it Yummy!
Paper Mache Recipe
What You Need:* Water
* Flour
What To Do:
* Mix 1 part flour to 2 parts water. Make sure all lumps are removed and the consistency of thick glue.
* Cut newspaper into strips and "dip" strip into mixture and remove excess.
* smooth over a balloon etc and allow to dry before painting.
Finger Paint Recipe
What You Need:* 2 Cups of Flour
* 2 Cups of water
* Food Coloring
What To Do:
* Mix ingredients together and paint on finger paint paper.
Finger Paint Recipe #2
What You Need:
- 1 cup corn flour / corn starch
- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon salt
- food coloring or tempera paint powder
- small sealable containers
- Add flour and salt to saucepan and slowly add water, mixing with a whisk until all combined.
- Keep stirring over a medium heat, until mixture is smooth and thick.
- Once mixture has thickened remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Once cooled, separate the finger paint into small containers and color with small amounts of either food coloring or tempera. If using tempera powder add a little water to combine.
- If paint is too thick, add small amounts of water and mix thoroughly, until you get the desired consistency.
- Store in refrigerator
Thick Slime
What you Need:
Mix glue and starch together to get desired consistency then add water color for desired colors. Add glitter (optional).
- 1/2-3/4 cup of Sta-Flo Liquid Starch
- 5oz bottle of Elmers clear Glue
- Variety of liquid water colors
- Fine glitter in a variety of colors.
Mix glue and starch together to get desired consistency then add water color for desired colors. Add glitter (optional).
Playdough
What you will need:
• 7 cups of all purpose flour
• 4 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons of cream of tarter
• 3 cups of salt
• several different colors of food
coloring
What to do:
~ Mix flour, cream of tarter and
salt in a mixing bowl and mix
~ Add oil and water and knead (add flour to get softer dough)
~divide playdough and knead
different food coloring into each.
~ store in container with lid or divide it up and put in ziploc
bags for children to take home.
Hint: if playdough dries out add
water and knead through
Dying Pasta
How to dye pasta:
• 1/4 cup of alcohol
• 10 drops of food coloring
• Zip loc bags
What to do:
• put alcohol and food coloring
in bag then add pasta and shake until all the pasta is
covered.
• let sit overnight (the longer you leave it, the darker it will become)
• Pour pasta out on a cookie sheet and spread out to dry overnight.
Puffy Paint Recipe
What You Need:* Flour
* Salt
* Water
* Tempera Paint in various colors
What To Do:
* Mix 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup water,1/2 cup salt and 1/2 cup of tempera paint.
* Put into squeeze bottles (check out my "great products" page to purchase empty squeeze bottles)
* Paint beautiful pictures onto thick paper and allow to dry!
Bubble Art Recipe
What you need:
•Large Bowl
•Liquid dishwashing detergent
•Food Coloring
What To Do:
• Pour 1/4 cup of liquid detergent into the bowl, then add a small amount of water and a few drops of food coloring.
• Blow into the bubbles with straw until the bubbles rise to the top.
• Gently lay the white paper over the
bubbles for a beautiful bubble print.
•Large Bowl
•Liquid dishwashing detergent
•Food Coloring
What To Do:
• Pour 1/4 cup of liquid detergent into the bowl, then add a small amount of water and a few drops of food coloring.
• Blow into the bubbles with straw until the bubbles rise to the top.
• Gently lay the white paper over the
bubbles for a beautiful bubble print.
Bubble Art Recipe #2
You will need:
Pour a little bubble mixture into each tray or cup , one for each color, and then add a little food coloring to each tray and stir gently. Dip wands and blow onto paper.
- Bubble Mixture
- Food Coloring
- Bubble Wands
- Cups or trays to dip wands into
- Paper
Pour a little bubble mixture into each tray or cup , one for each color, and then add a little food coloring to each tray and stir gently. Dip wands and blow onto paper.
Theraputty
1 3/4 cup water
1 cup white glue
Craft stick or plastic spoon
2 bowls
1 tsp. borax
Air-tight container
Combine 3/4 cup water and 1 cup white school glue in a bowl. Mix the two ingredients together with a plastic spoon or craft stick.
Shake or mix 1 cup water and 1 tsp. borax in a separate bowl until the borax is dissolved.
Slowly pour the borax-water mixture into the bowl of glue-water, and mix the two together until a ball of putty is formed. You can use your hands to combine the two mixtures.
1 cup white glue
Craft stick or plastic spoon
2 bowls
1 tsp. borax
Air-tight container
Combine 3/4 cup water and 1 cup white school glue in a bowl. Mix the two ingredients together with a plastic spoon or craft stick.
Shake or mix 1 cup water and 1 tsp. borax in a separate bowl until the borax is dissolved.
Slowly pour the borax-water mixture into the bowl of glue-water, and mix the two together until a ball of putty is formed. You can use your hands to combine the two mixtures.