Edible Finger Paints

Baby rice cereal; cooked cereals or instant pudding
Food coloring

Mix baby rice cereal with water and good coloring or use instant pudding or cooked cereals with coloring.

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FINGERPAINTS #1

Mix in heavy sauce pan (2 qt.)
3 T sugar 1/2 C cornstarch
Add: 2 C cold water

Cook over low heat, stir constantly until well blended and slightly thick.
Divide into 4 or 5 portions and put different food coloring into each.
Paint on freezer wrap or butcher paper.

FINGERPAINTS #2

1/2 C dry laundry starch 1/4 C cold water
1 1/2 C boiling water 1/2 C soap flakes
1 t glycerine food coloring

Mix starch and cold water in a saucepan. Pour in the boiling water and cook over low heat until shiny. Remove from the heat and add soap and glycerine. Divide the portions and add different food coloring.

Variation: Just beat warm water into soap flakes until consistency desired is reached and add paint or food coloring.
If you don't wish to go to the "trouble" to mix finger paints, add a drop of food coloring to aerosol shaving soap and let your child do his/her thing on a cookie sheet.

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BATHTUB FINGERPAINTS

1/3 C cornstarch 1 1/2 C water
3 T talcum powder 3 T mild liquid dish soap
food coloring

Add water, a little at a time, to the cornstarch. Stir until mixed. Cook over low to medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil and thickens. While cooking, stir continuously, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add talcum powder and dishwashing soap. Stir until well mixed. Color with food coloring.

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DISAPPEARING PAINT

Mix 1/8 t "bluing" with 2 C water and let the kids paint the sidewalk.
It disappears!

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SHAVING CREAM FINGER PAINTS

Use 1 can non-mentholated shaving soap
Powdered paint

Spray a dollop of shaving cream on paper, the kitchen table or counter. Sprinkle with paint powder. Be sure to dress the kids in washable paint shirts or aprons. Keep soap out of eyes. Not recommend for little ones who put everything in their mouths.