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Homemade Paints/Pastes

Source of Recipe

Millie


List of Ingredients





Recipe

FACE PAINT
1 tsp. corn starch
½ tsp. water
½ tsp. cold cream
Food coloring

Stir together starch and cold cream until well-blended. Add water and stir. Add food coloring. Using a small brush paint designs on child's face. Remove with soap and water. Store in airtight container.
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FOR LARGER AREAS
tbsp. solid shortening
2 tbsps. cornstarch
Food coloring

Mix shortening and starch together until smooth. Add food coloring. Use a sponge or your fingers to apply to face. Great for turning faces green on Halloween. Remove with soap and water. Store in airtight container.
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FROSTING PAINT (for craft purposes ONLY!! NON-EDIBLE)
1 C powdered tempera paint
2 tbsps. wallpaper paste
¼ to ½ C liquid laundry starch

Mix tempera paint with wallpaper paste. Add starch, mixing until thick enough to spread like frosting. Place paint on a plastic lid and use popsicle sticks to spread.
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POSTER PAINTS
¼ C flour
1 C water
3 tbsps. powdered tempera paint
2 tbsps. water
1/2 tsp. liquid starch or liquid detergent

Measure flour into saucepan. Slowly add 1 cup water until mixture is smooth. Heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Cool. Add 1/4 cup flour paste into small jar or plastic container. Add tempera paint and water for each color. For opaque finish add liquid starch. For glossy finish had liquid detergent.
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CONDENSED MILK PAINT
1 C condensed milk
Food coloring

Mix one cup condensed milk with a few drops of food coloring. This makes a very bright, glossy colored paint.
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PAPER MACHE PASTE
1 C water
¼ C flour
5 C slightly boiling water

Mix flour into one cup water until mixture is thin and runny, stir into boiling water. Gently boil and stir for 3 minutes. Cool before using. (Use with newspaper/newsprint strips for Paper mache).
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LIQUID STARCH FINGER PAINT
¼ C liquid laundry starch
2 drops food coloring {yer choice}
OR 1 tsp. tempera paint

Mix ingredients in small plastic bowl until blended.
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CORNSTARCH FINGER PAINT
3 tbsps. sugar
½ C cornstarch
2 Ccold water
Food coloring
Soap flakes {like ivory snow}
OR liquid dishwashing soap

Mix sugar and cornstarch in medium saucepan over low heat. Add cold water and stir until mixture is thick. Remove from heat. Divide into four or five portions (in muffin tins or cups). Add a drop or two of food coloring to each portion and a pinch of soap flakes or soap. Stir and let cool. Store in airtight container.
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FLOUR FINGER PAINT
1 C flour
2 tbsp salt
1 ¼ C hot water
1 ½ Ccold water
Food coloring
OR tempera paint

Put flour and salt in a saucepan and add add cold water. Beat with a whisk or rotary beater until smooth. Add hot water and boil until mixture is thick. Beat until smooth. Keep in refrigerator and add food coloring as needed.
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LAUNDRY STARCH FINGER PAINT
1 C laundry starch dissolved in cold water
1 qt boiling water
1 C pure white soap flakes or powder
Food coloring or poster paint

Add boiling water to starch and cold water mixture and boil until thick. Remove from heat and stir in soap. Divide into small containers and add food coloring as desired.