This morning we made painted toast. This is not only a fun activity but in my house it means, “Mama bought some white bread!!!” Which to my husband and kids is reason to celebrate. I suppose this could work with wheat bread too-just don’t tell the kids it works better on white.
Pour a small amount of milk into a small bowl-maybe 2 Tablespoons or so and add a few drops of food coloring to the milk. I only had natural food coloring in red so along with white bread my kids had some dye for breakfast too. Let the painting begin. 
Cook your masterpieces under your broiler. And what do you top your toast with? Here is a hint:
Some homemade butter. Pour the heavy whipping cream into a jar or tubby that has enough room to agitate the cream. Now shake the heck out of it, until it becomes solid. I had the girls shake over carpeting and we used the sand timer to eliminate the, “It’s my turn” fight. When you have a solid glump pour off the extra liquid.
Spread it on your toast
And then EAT!!!!
Each week unplugyourkids.com has a weekly unplugged project-this week it is all about food. You can check out other peoples food projects, if you are so inclined!!
AWESOME! This I am going to do! The kids will love it. Thanks
This is SO COOL! What beautiful painted bread! My kids would love it, and a little breakfast dye once in a while can’t hurt!
PS. I love that last photo!
Wow! That is such a good idea!
I think my kids diet is lacking in dye actually. This is a great way to balance it. Thanks for the idea.
How fun! I’m going to send this to my school’s art teacher. And LB’s preschool teacher.
We like to paint bread too – and my son also thinks the white bread I buy for the project is an indulgent treat!
But I haven’t made butter with him yet, and I can’t believe I’ve let it slip by for so long! I’m adding that to my list of things to do asap!
I love this idea. We are doing it this week!!
I’ve seen this idea before, but never tried it. I bet Paige would love it – she loves to paint.
I tried making butter with my students, and it just didn’t come out right. I’m not sure what we did wrong.
mm, that homemade butter looks so good! :^)
I’m late to this one (I’m catching up on reading) and I’m so darn impressed is not even funny….can’t wait to do this w/ my kid! Don’t ever stop blogging!LOL I’m one of those people that is seriously lacking in imagination when it comes to crafts or kid stuff so getting ideas here has not only allowed me to copy (I don’t have to think of them by myself!LOL) or it has inspired other things.
My 9 year old barely recognizes me and we are actually stocking up on art stuff/supplies as I find them cheaply. The other day she said “mom, I love doing crafts with you” – made me feel guilty I hadn’t started earlier!LOL
Fun! My mother use to “paint” our sandwiches for holidays. I don’t think she used milk just straight food coloring. For Valentine’s Day we would find a heart shaped sandwich in our lunch boxes with red dots all over. Shamrocks with green dots for St Patrick’s Day and so forth.
I like the idea of letting the kids do some painting and WOW that butter! Good idea with the carpeting. Pretty sure I would have forgotten that part.
Cool little make, looks like fun. Even the homemade butter thing on its own would be worth a try…
Wanted to point out, though, the only difference between natural and artificial food colouring is whether the chemicals are extracted from “nature” or synthesized. There’s no necessary difference in safety – that’s what scientific approval systems are for.
Do you know that you can make your own butter out of an 8 oz. carton of heavy whipping cream??
Just place the cream in a glass jar with a tight lid, sit out on the counter for 2 days and on the third day check it for clumping. This is when is has cultured into a clotted/whey product. At this point you shake the jar for up to 10+/-min. It will separate into butter fat and butter milk. Please, shake it till it you are able to pour the butter milk off (keep for baking or discard down sink). It is important to COLD rinse the butter a few times till water is fairly clear. Take a spoon at this point and sort of whip the butter to release the excess water in air pockets. THEN I either add a couple of shakes of salt to taste, or if I am going to serve it soon I will add some herbs and/or seasoning. GREAT for garlic butter on breads!!! Now that the butter has gone thru a “souring” process, it is not necessary to frig it, as it tastes better at room temperature. Have fun. This a great AND EASY project for any age of kids who can hold a jar tight.