How to Make your own Finger Paint at Home

Instructions

• 1

  First, take a large bowl and put flour along with water in it. Keep on adding water and stir the flour with your hands. After that, you have to add some salt and mix it well. You will have to add salt according to the quantity of flour and water. Furthermore, it is extremely important for you to mix flour, water and salt properly with each other.
• 2

  Then, you have to add the food colouring in the mixture. Please note that you have to add the food colouring drop by drop because a little colouring can completely change the colour of the mixture. If you don’t want to use food colouring to make your paint, you can simply use watered-down tempera paint.
• 3

  Now, place the mixture aside for a while so that everything settles down. After that, take a piece of plain paper and apply the paint on it with the help of your fingers. You can apply paint in any direction. After applying the paint, let it dry out in order to see the real colour. If it is light, then add some more food colouring and mix it well. On the other hand, if it is dark, you will have to add some more flour, water and salt to equalise the tone.
• 4

  After developing the colour of your choice, take a couple of airtight containers and pour the paint in it. Close the lids of the container. You can preserve the paint as long as you want. However, it may get hard after few days, so you will have to add a little water before using it.