Scratch n' Sniff Paint

First of all, I am not sure where I got this idea. I honestly have no idea, I think it was Family Fun. I know it was awhile ago that I saw it. I din't bookmark it, but I am pretty sure it was there, but I can find it nowhere!! But if you know where it originated, please let me know so I can give proper credit. It's been filed away in the back of my brain for awhile.


All you need to do this craft is packages of kool-aid and water. I used about 1/2 a pkg. of kool-aid to 3 Tbsp. water. You can use more or less, depending on how thick you want to make it. This smells so yummy!! That is the best part. But be careful because it does stain hands and I am sure it does clothes too!

Piper sniffing her paint. This may be a bad habit to form!! You will want to use cardstock because it did bleed through the paper quite a bit. We did cardstock after the first round of painting was done and it worked much better.

Such an easy boredom buster. And the kids can enjoy smelling it for weeks!!

Notice we also made Apple Jack necklaces. Sometimes I forget it's the simple things that kids enjoy so much. They had a blast making them and it was a great play date.

Edible and Easy Finger Paint

I have to admit, I didn't think of this, so I can't take any credit for it. However, it's been a while since I saw it on another blog, but I can't remember whose blog it was. I'm sorry! If it was you, please let me know so I can give you the credit you deserve!

Easiest craft ever! All you have to do is open a can of sweetened-condensed milk, separate it into containers and add food coloring. Wala ~ You have edible finger paints.

Once my daughter tasted it, she didn't use it to paint anymore. I didn't get many pictures, because I was to busy trying to contain the messy 1-year-old.

The boys really enjoyed it. We would do this again in a heartbeat. The only thing would be that I would only use about 1/2 the can, because a lot of it was wasted. Happy painting!

Taking Water Colors to a New Level

I am always trying to think of different ways to do crafts outside the box. BayLee is my little artist and is always wanting to do art. She spent two hours doing this yesterday and will probably want to do it again today. I had done this with Logan when he was her age but it just became a mess. :) It just washes right off when she was done and she did it all on her own. After each drawing was done she would just spray it with the water bottle and dry it off with the towel. I think she liked it because normally you wouldn't say to your child,"Hey, why don't you go color on the window". So, step out of the box and let your child do water colors on the window. Just make sure it isn't acrylic paint-learned that the hard way. Doesn't come off as well!!! :)

Materials: watercolors, paintbrushes, cup with water, spray bottle, towel
A serious artist at work
Mom is letting me do what??????
I think this was her favorite part!!

Painting With Pudding

This is a simple and easy project to do. The other day we were bored so we mixed up a batch of Vanilla pudding. We then separated it into four bowls and added food coloring to each bowl to give us an assortment of colors. As you can see Piper had a lot of fun squishing hers in her hands.

And then we finger painted. We didn't get the assortment of colors that we wanted because each of the food colorings mixed differently with the slightly yellow pudding.

What a fun easy boredom buster. The kids had a lot of fun making a big mess and eating it to.