Sooooo…I realized I haven’t posted any fun projects that I have done with my littles recently…Oops! Well, to make up for it, here is a great recipe for Liquid Sidewalk Chalk that my kidlets have been loving all summer when we are outside, they just go to town painting all over the driveway and sidewalk! It is a nice and easy activity that gives you a few hours of creative fun with your kids. The best thing is that you can make as much of it as you want and any color too! What could be better?!? Ok, let’s get to the recipe:
Liquid Sidewalk Chalk
1 cup water
1 cup cornstarch
food coloring (any colors you desire!!)
Mix the water and cornstarch together until combined. I then separate the mixture into cupcake tins or those smaller plastic cups you find in the paper products aisle of Target or Wal-Mart. Then, get our your food coloring and add a few drops to each tin or cup and mix well. As a side note, for all of you that only have the basic red, yellow, and blue on hand, you can mix ’em up for some more color choices:
yellow + red = orange
red + blue = purple
blue + yellow = green
****and don’t forget just the basic white you already made!****
Grab some paint brushes, foam brushes, or even leaves and pine cones and get your little Jackson Pollock outside for some crazy good fun!
The artists’ palette (the little plastic cups I use are shown here in the upper right tin)
Shhh, they are in their creative zens!
Auntie Kristine getting an art lesson from the kiddies
Once it’s all dry it looks cool like this!
How does clean-up go for this project?
it dries as chalk, so you just wash it off with water.
Awesome Idea, I’m so going to do this. My kids will love it. Thankyou.
This looks fun but since you are using food coloring how easy is it to get it off the driveway? my homeowners assoc would be on me if it did not wash off.
@Julie- The liquid chalk cleans up just like regular sidewalk chalk, just some soap and water and you are good to go to get it off little bodies and clothing.
@Becky-This comes off just like sidewalk chalk, a hose or a little rain and it disappears to the sad disappointment of your little artists!!
XOXO,
Maggie
This is awesome!! Thanks for posting this. This is way cheaper than buying the store bought Crayola version.
looks like a slight typo – I am assuming in your directions you are supposed to “mix water and cornstarch together until combined”…then divide and then add in food coloring.
thanks for the GREAT idea – cant’ wait to share with my nephews!!
Susan
What a fantastic idea!!!!!!! Can’t wait for summer!
Can i make it and store it for later?
I can’t wait to try this!! I’m hoping for some nice weather this week. My little one will love using a paint brush too.
Great post!
ps. Will it stain our clothes?
It has never stained our clothing but I would still be careful if you have a special outfit!!!
We would love to try this for a Canada Day celebration for the kids. Would it work to use this in ‘ketchup’ squeeze bottles? Or is it too thin??
It is pretty watery but you could try a squeeze bottle, you just may need to make lots of it as I could see my kids squirting it all out in .02 seconds! 🙂
You made our day yesterday with this awesome project. So easy, and I had everything at home to do it (how often does that actually happen?). Thanks!
I just made this and me and the kids loved it even my husband got in on the painting action. I will be making this as a project to do at my daughters next bday party thank you so much 🙂
I put a little extra cornstarch in, to make it a thicker consistency. It made the color a little darker and the paint kind of 3 dimensional 🙂 I’d say it comes off of driveways easier than it comes off of skin, lol. Don’t do this on a picture day! It takes some scrubbing and some time to wear off of little hands and legs.
We just did this…too fun! We even had fun having a ‘paint fight’ at the end, then a water fight with the hose to clean up! Thanks for the tip
It is so hard to my sideald chalk in japan. Thank you for this. We tried it and it works really ell <3
We tried making this to gift…The cornstarch keeps solidifying on the bottom :0 Any tips?
Thanks! Tara
Does it come out of the cupcake tin?
This post is perfect for the Monday Kid Corner Weekly Linky Party. The next party goes live Sunday morning and this week’s theme is SIDEWALK CHALK. Be sure to brush off those archives as well and link them up at http://thejennyevolution.com/category/linky-parties/monday-kid-corner/ See you there! Jennifer