Pepper Paints

DIY Watercolor Paints

Did you ever wonder what those little watercolor cakes are made of? Well I am sure the factory makes them out of something different than these but I must say I was very impressed with the way these turned out. The colors are so bright and beautiful—and custom designed!

We doubled this recipe and it made a ton. You definitely need shallow little containers–I happened to have some empty paint trays that I picked up at a recycling shop and some empty film canisters which are a little too deep but worked OK-just took longer to dry.

Mix the following together:

3 Tablespoons baking soda

3 Tablespoons corn starch

3 Tablespoons white vinegar

1 1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup

Pour into your containers —bottle caps, pill boxes, any tiny, shallow container will do.

Add food coloring. We used both neon and regular colors of food coloring

Be sure to mix or shake well

Now let the cakes dry—this takes a while. We let ours sit for about 30 hours.

But look—–totally worth the wait!

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