So get this. You're at home with a toddler that's driving you insane!!! What do you do? You used all of your chalk at the last BBQ, you don't want to keep your child inside for fear of insanity... Then you remember, "I pinned something last week on Pinterest!"
This is an excellent time to bring up your Pinterest and see which kid-friendly things you've pinned recently. For me, that was homemade sidewalk chalk. The pin can be found here:http://pinterest.com/pin/175288610466040386/
(Please excuse the toddler in underwear look. Figured it'd be better to get food coloring on his undies than his clothes)
Now, I didn't follow everything she said to a T. I'm more of a person who never follows directions in a recipe. I just took a little (didn't want to do a full 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of cornstarch) water and an equal amount of cornstarch, mixed it up and added food coloring. I left the "paint" on the driveway until it rained (probably more than 5 days) and never saw any of the color stain my driveway, so maybe this Mama used extra, super duty food coloring and I'm just a cheap-o? ;)
Instead of putting every color in their own container, I used a muffin tin. This was much easier to use, especially when it came to helping a toddler down the stairs. My little man had a BLAST! We've done this a few times in the past couple of weeks now. Great post-nap time activity.
Instead of putting every color in their own container, I used a muffin tin. This was much easier to use, especially when it came to helping a toddler down the stairs. My little man had a BLAST! We've done this a few times in the past couple of weeks now. Great post-nap time activity.
Ooh, we've done that, the kids really liked it. I used the larger amount, because we did it as part of a summer playgroup at my house, but I didn't like it as much, the colors were very diluted. smaller amounts seem to hold the color better. We should get together and do the giant bubbles! :D
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! Then post about it ;) Let me know when. We could either do it when the older kids are at school or when they get home/on a weekend. :)
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