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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!
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| 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
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)
Step 2: Mix the Corn Starch & Water with a Spoon
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)
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)
Step 5: Mix each colour until it is solid.
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!
I hope you're all having a lovely time with your kids this summer!
Step 3: Split this mixture up into separate containers (one for each colour you want to make)
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)
Step 5: Mix each colour until it is solid.
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!
I hope you're all having a lovely time with your kids this summer!
I've shared more 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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This is such a good idea . I am going to have to try this with my younger two!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jennifer :) I hope you have fun with it! :)
DeleteThis is so fun!! I love that you can make your own. You can be picky on what colors you make!
ReplyDeleteYes! Sky's the limit! :)
DeleteThis looks fun! Maybe it will wash off better then chalk too
ReplyDeleteIt washes off well in the rain!
DeleteSo 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!
ReplyDeleteGood, I hope you have lots of fun with it! :)
DeleteWhat a great idea! I have older kids, but they sometimes still like to play their childhood games. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI can't help but get involved creating art with it, too! :)
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteOh good, I'm glad it will help! :) Hope you ladies have fun with it! :)
DeleteWe make this a few times a summer. I make it in a muffin tin so they can have all the colours together.
ReplyDeleteYes! I've seen it done that way, that's a great idea! :)
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment Jenny! :)
DeleteYou'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 !
ReplyDeleteMy grandsons willl love this!
ReplyDeleteI must pin and save this for Spring !
ReplyDeleteI hope you have fun with it! (and that you have good weather soon! ;)
DeleteThis is great especially since we are all stuck at home right now.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya! It's a great time to pull out some of these activities!
DeleteWhat an incredibly good idea! I'd love to try this!
ReplyDeleteThanks Wanda :) Have fun!
DeleteThanks the kids will have fun with this one ,
ReplyDeleteI’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.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fabulous idea! I'm glad this little recipe can help!
DeleteThis is so great!!
ReplyDeleteThis is great!!
ReplyDeleteI have loved this so much!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool, and such a fun idea, and I have the ingredients for it almost all the time. Thank you for this recipe.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome!
DeleteHumm, I wonder if you put the paints into those turkey syringes it would drip less and you could make nice thin lines?
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea! You'll have to let me know if you try it :)
DeleteDoes this stain the concrete?
ReplyDeleteIn our experience, it just washes away with the rain! :)
DeleteThanks for this. I'll be sharing it with a friend who has 6 grandkids
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