Tutorial: How to Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint
  

Tutorial: How to Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint

Here are some simple instructions for how to make sidewalk chalk paint at home with ingredients you already have! 

This seemed like a good time to re-post this blog post (originally published in 2016) as the weather is starting to get nicer & we're all spending a lot more time at home and as a family!

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If you're looking for fun things to do with your kids this summer, sidewalk chalk paint is extremely easy to make by yourself! It doesn't require any strange ingredients and it's simple for kids to help with. It can also create hours of creative, outdoor fun for you and your kids! Ready for a quick and simple tutorial that shows you how to make your own sidewalk chalk? Keep reading!

How to Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint Tutorial
How to Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint

You're only going to need 3 ingredients and you probably already have them at home:


DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint Ingredients:

1. Corn Starch
2. Water
3. Food Colouring

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Supplies:

1. Measuring Cup
2. Mixing Container
3. Spoon
4. Bowl (or other container for each colour you want to make)
5. Paintbrushes


How to Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint:


Step 1: Add equal parts Corn Starch & Water  (We did one cup of each)

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Step 2: Mix the Corn Starch & Water with a Spoon

DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint

You'll know it's ready when it looks and feels a lot like milk when you stir! There shouldn't be any gritty or lumpy parts left.

Now you have your liquid sidewalk chalk but it's time to add some colour!


Step 3: Split this mixture up into separate containers (one for each colour you want to make)

Food Colouring Liquid Sidewalk Chalk Paint Tutorial

Step 4: Add one drop of food colouring per container (you can always add an extra drop or two later if you need to, but we found one or two drops to be enough)

Food Colouring Sidewalk Chalk Paint Tutorial


Step 5: Mix each colour until it is solid.

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Step 6: Add paint brushes & get to work creating your homemade sidewalk chalk paint masterpiece! :)

We find that we need to re-stir the paint occasionally with our paintbrushes, but it works great!

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I hope you're all having a lovely time with your kids this summer! I'm loving having mine home with me. We have been busy (come follow us on Instagram @raisingmemories if you want to see what we're up to!) and I have been sick on & off (I can't seem to kick this summer cold!).  I hope to find more opportunities to share summer ideas with you here, to give you some ideas of fun things to do with your kids & make great memories!  Have a wonderful week & I hope you get the chance to try this fun recipe and activity with your kids!



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37 comments:

  1. This is such a good idea . I am going to have to try this with my younger two!

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  2. This is so fun!! I love that you can make your own. You can be picky on what colors you make!

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  3. This looks fun! Maybe it will wash off better then chalk too

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  4. So easy! I love it. I will make it with my kids next week when they're home with me. They love creating stuff from scratch and they love doing sidewalk chalk / paint!

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  5. What a great idea! I have older kids, but they sometimes still like to play their childhood games. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. I can't help but get involved creating art with it, too! :)

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  6. I absolutely love that we can make chalk!! And I'm even more excited that you did this step by step, because I tend to make mistakes and skip steps. So excited to do this! My daughter will love doing this with me too.

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    1. Oh good, I'm glad it will help! :) Hope you ladies have fun with it! :)

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  7. We make this a few times a summer. I make it in a muffin tin so they can have all the colours together.

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  8. I am a new aunt - she's 16 months now - and I am planning ahead for all the fun art projects we'll do together. This looks so fun and pretty simple! Thanks for all your great ideas.

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    1. You're very welcome! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment Jenny! :)

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  9. Debbie White BeattieNovember 12, 2017 at 5:14 AM

    You're so creative that you should have become a kindergarten teacher because I've never seen someone come up with so many arts and crafts project. This is a great summer project !

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  10. I must pin and save this for Spring !

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    1. I hope you have fun with it! (and that you have good weather soon! ;)

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  11. This is great especially since we are all stuck at home right now.

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    1. I hear ya! It's a great time to pull out some of these activities!

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  12. What an incredibly good idea! I'd love to try this!

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  13. Thanks the kids will have fun with this one ,

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  14. I’m getting friends from my neighborhood to paint downtown. So this looks absolutely amazing it looks like it’s not as dusty as chalk might be. Thanks for the terrific idea. Next week will get the youth from church involved in this. And decorate our downtown.

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    1. That's a fabulous idea! I'm glad this little recipe can help!

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  15. I have loved this so much!!

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  16. This is so cool, and such a fun idea, and I have the ingredients for it almost all the time. Thank you for this recipe.

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  17. Humm, I wonder if you put the paints into those turkey syringes it would drip less and you could make nice thin lines?

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    1. Interesting idea! You'll have to let me know if you try it :)

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  18. Does this stain the concrete?

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  19. Thanks for this. I'll be sharing it with a friend who has 6 grandkids

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~Heather Lynne

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