Looking for something fun to do with the kids and get them outside to play? Puffy sidewalk chalk! ♥

Puffy Sidewalk Chalk Paint Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon dish soap – just about any dish soap will work.
• 5-10 drops food coloring or washable paint

How to Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint:

1. In a large mixing bowl stir together the flour and water until there are no lumps.
2. Stir in the dish soap to the flour mixture.
3. Add food coloring of your choice of color until the desired color is achieved.
4. Pour the mixture into your squeeze bottle.
5. Give the kids their new sidewalk paint and let them have fun!

Pro Tips:

If you are making multiple colors, make each color in a different bowl or one at a time and pour into the bottles and then make the next color.

Use up the paint on the same day you make it, this recipe doesn’t save well… it will explode if you leave it closed.

Today let’s make our own Monet! Recreate his famous Water Lilies painting with paint and flowers! First you will need to head outside to hunt for flowers—or other outdoor treasures like leaves, pinecones, sticks—and then it’s time to paint!

Supplies:

• Table covering
• Paper
• Paint
• Paper plate (or another surface to put paint on)
• Flowers (or other outdoor treasures like leaves and pinecones)
• Ruler

How To:

Squeeze blobs of paint onto the paper plate, leaving plenty of room to press the flowers down into the paint. Now it’s time for flower painting fun! You are essentially replacing your paint brush with a fresh flower, so dip the flower into the paint, then press onto your paper. You can experiment with mixing paint colors and using differently shaped flowers as you cover your paper with flower prints.

Don’t worry if petals or other parts of the flowers get stuck in the paint—that just adds fabulous texture! Show your child how to twirl the flower back and forth in a circular motion to create a different type of mark. Younger children may also enjoy brushing the flower across the page just like they would with a paint brush.

Once your masterpiece is complete, set aside to dry.

To transform your flower painting into a Monet-inspired work, you only need some blue paint and a ruler. Squeeze a line of blue paint along the far left edge of your painting. (Left-handed children might find it easier to manipulate the ruler if the paint is squeezed on the right edge of the painting).

Use the ruler as a scraper, and drag the blue paint across the paper.

If needed, add additional lines of paint in the middle of your artwork so that you can completely cover the paper with blue paint.

Don’t forget to send in your masterpiece to [email protected] to be showcased in our virtual art show!

This is an easy recipe for kids to help with in the kitchen, as it just involves measuring, stirring and rolling the balls – all great fine motor skills to work on.