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Homemade Puffy Paint

Shaving Cream (not the gel kind) Food Coloring or Paint Glue ———– Bowls Paintbrushes, Sponges or anything children can use to paint ——— Mix an equal amount of shaving cream and glue. Add a few drops of food coloring or paint to the mixture depending on the shade of color you want. Mix well and [...]

Corn Syrup Finger Paint (non-toxic)

Light corn syrup Liquid food coloring Small paper plates or bowls Place about a tablespoon of corn syrup for each color you want onto separate plates or bowls. Add some food coloring to the corn syrup. Mix with fingers, cotton swaps, etc. Paint. Activities: Have your child paint with whatever they desire on a piece [...]

Homemade Colored Salt

3 tablespoons salt (Coarse salt or rock salt would look better.) About 2 drops of food coloring (Depending if you need to mix colors to obtain a particular color.) Place the salt in a sandwich bag or sealable bag. Add the more than one food coloring to make various colors. Seal the bag. Move the [...]

How to make colored pasta or colored rice for crafts

Place pasta or rice into a plastic bag. Cover with rubbing alcohol. Add the color of food coloring(s) you would like. Shake until everything is covered, then let it dry on wax paper. Keep out of reach of children until dried & do not let them eat this at any time (don’t use this for [...]

Thirteen toddler book suggestions

Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, George Hauman, and Doris Hauman – teaches a positive outlook on things. Down by the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton & Guy Parker-Rees. The Jillian Jiggs series by Phoebe Gilman I’ll Love You Forever by Robert Munsch Yes, [...]

How to Remove Red Kool-aid Stains

After getting rid of all the Sharpie permanent marker stains, I was still stumped by the red Kool-aid decorating my carpet. I got a lot of great suggestions in comments on that post though, so I thought I’d share them in a new post for everyone’s benefit. Heather noted that: If you catch it early, [...]