Pepper Paints

Make Your Own Finger Paint

This is a super easy recipe for uncooked finger paint you can make at home.

1/2 cup powder tempra paint—check your local teacher or art supply store.( If you are in the Columbus area check out Star Beacon.)

2 Tablespoons liquid starch

1 teaspoon liquid dish detergent —oops I am pretty sure I used 1 Tablespoon!

water to thin out the paint

Mix it all up and thin it out with water to your desired consistancy. You will want it to be a little bit thick.

Shiny  or coated paper holds up best to finger paint. Freezer paper works well too.

It always starts off softly, clean hands, clean paper. But that doesn’t last very long!

Finger painting is so much about the process and not the product!! Usually the finished product of finger painting is ripped paper full of brown, muddied paints. So I was pleasantly surprised by some of Molly’s paintings. Learning when to stop, when enough is enough. The sign of a true artist!

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