Pepper Paints

Homemade Poster Paints

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My kids really enjoyed making these. The mixing, stirring, heating, pouring, mixing, stirring etc…..

Step 1..In a pan mix together 1/4 cup of flour, slowly add 1 cup of water and mix until smooth. Heat and stir to thicken. Set aside to cool.

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Step2…separate the cooled flour mixture into 4 separate containers (I used baby food jars) and add 3 T powdered tempra and 2 T water to each jar.

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Step 3…add 1/2 teaspoon liquid starch for opaque finish or 1/2 teaspoon liquid detergent for a glossy finish.

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Posted in Activities and Crafts and Messy and Paint and Recipes by Kristen on April 15th, 2009 at 1:25 am.

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  1. Annie Apr 15th 2009

    AWESOME! I’m bookmarking this pages. I love your colours!

  2. dongdong Apr 18th 2009

    that is cool. the color turned out great. I love the raw food recipes… I want to do raw but have a hard time.

  3. nicole Apr 19th 2009

    Powdered Tempra is the color, right? Would this work with food dye, too? Because I have food dye but I have no idea where I’d get powdered Tempra in germany.

    cu
    nicole

  4. Kristen Apr 20th 2009

    Nicole—Powdered tempra is powdered paint. I don’t think food dye would work because the powder colors it and thickens the mixture. Maybe if you make your flour mixture really thick it could work. let me know if you try it! Good luck.

  5. Kristen Apr 20th 2009

    Dong Dong—Thanks! Maybe you could just add a few more raw meals or snacks more often.Glad you are enjoying the raw recipes.

  6. Sarah James Apr 25th 2009

    Hi,
    Just ran across your awesome project for homemade poster paints. Genius! I think this would be the perfect addition to instructables.com.
    Instructables has launched a “green year” whereby the focus of all of our contests and features is environmental friendliness.
    Since your project is already laid out with clear instructions and great pictures, it would be a breeze for you to post this. Once you do, I’ll make sure you get featured, with front page coverage!
    I really think this is a winning project, and you’ll get a lot of traffic that you can drive back to your own site!
    Please let me know if I can be of any help, and what you think about the idea!
    Once again, marvelous project, and I look forward to hearing from you soon!

    Best,

    Sarah

  7. Lenetta @ Nettacow May 1st 2009

    I love this – especially since we live in the middle of nowhere. I linked to it on my blog!

  8. Catherine May 11th 2009

    Ooh they look lovely! Much nicer than poster paints. One quick question – sorry, I’m in the UK – what does T mean? As in 3T tempura…tablespoon??!
    x x x
    Catherine

  9. Kristen May 19th 2009

    Catherine-yes T does mean Tablespoon! Good luck.

  10. patti Mar 6th 2010

    is this recipe for homemade poster paint permanent or would i be able to scrub it away at later date?

  11. Kristen Mar 7th 2010

    Patti—I am not sure-what were you thinking of painting that would be scrub-able? I bet you could clean it off glass with some elbow grease. Good luck!


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