Surprise! A snow day! It truly was a surprise for me because I didn’t see our school listed and so I got my son ready for his day and took him there. An empty school and a completely full day of nothing to do today. What’s a mom to do?
Instead of sitting in front of the television, we worked on making finger paints and enjoyed a day of painting and then a day of bathing because we were so sticky and messy from our painting. The kids really loved these, although I think Emily ended up eating more of the paint then she did actually painting with it.
I spread out a plastic tablecloth that I had gotten with some promotional materials from a company. I would recommend using a plastic shower curtain or tablecloth (both can be purchased from a dollar store) and keeping this with your craft supplies. We also have old shirts from daddy or do the all natural look (as Emily has displayed) for the really messy stuff.
We had little finger sponges that had come with a finger paint set that I had bought from Target last year. The kids started out with these and then just begin slapping their hands in the paint. The sponges were fun for awhile, but bare fingers dipped in pudding taste much better!
Please ignore the horrible colors we made. We found green and red made mud. The yellow of the
pudding mix made for some interesting colors, but my little artists didn’t care!
This recipe is great because I always have pudding mixes in my cupboard. Next time I make this though, I will probably use 1 1/2 cups of water instead of two cups to help make it a little less drippy.
This is one of those fun activities for a snowy day or a rainy day that will only cost you one pudding mix!
Pudding Paint
1 package of instant pudding (3.4 oz)
2 cups ice-cold water
Food coloring
Whisk water and instant pudding together in a bowl for two minutes. Refrigerate for five minutes. Divide pudding into several small bowls or muffin tins. Add five to seven drops of food coloring to each bowl or tin and mix.
What a fun and yummy craft! I bet the kids had a great time painting. I might have to try this one out, the snow is on the way here. Stay warm
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Hi Amy,
What a truly fun… and yummy idea! Do you use really paper for these paints or something like wax paper? BTW, Blogger was “terribly” slow this morning.
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I would use wax paper if I had some. We only had paper and it was a little drippy. I think it would work much better with paper made for finger painting or just good old wax paper!
Glad to hear I am not the only one having trouble with Blogger today. I am really getting ready to switch because I wasted a whole day trying to get one entry posted. GRRR….
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Thanks for the pudding paint idea! It just seems to be a bad day on the net – Frugal Hacks has been down all day. Blogger is slow for me too, keep getting strange errors.
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I bet that was a blast!I love a fun mess! Yes, I am having trouble getting pictures up and links won’t work on my blog today.
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I had some troubles with posting comments today as well.
::giggles::
I’m just guessing, but I think that the Give Away may be taking up Blog Bandwith.
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I think Emily would get a run for her money if I were painting with her because I’d be tempted to eat it, too! lol Fun and yummy! Sounds like they had a great time!
~melody~
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What fun! Look forward to seeing some pics.
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Well, I got it updated now! I hope the photos help visualize our fun day a little more! Thanks for all your patience- things seem to be running more smoothly
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Great idea! Now I won’t have to worry if my toddler puts the paint brush in her mouth.
BTW… thanks for the link in your Notebook!
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What a great idea, my kids would love this. I will try this.
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Wow, I’ve never even heard of this. How very clever Amy. I am so bookmarking this idea. Awesome!
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First of all, the pudding paint spread (with the beautiful bowls) looked quite fancy and delicious–made ME want to eat them. Looks like they had fun. And, oh my gosh, Ethan is SO big!!! I’ll probably post my pictures tomorrow.
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This is really a neat idea! I’m going to link to this idea so I remember it for when my son gets bigger!
Thanks!
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