Make Your Own Watercolor Paints

I got the recipe for Make Your Own Watercolor Paints at Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish. Before we got started I set Reece up in his highchair with some paper, a paint brush and water in a clean yogurt container (I've discovered that old yogurt containers are GREAT for art projects).

We gathered all the ingredients together and got to making our paints!

You need: 3 Tablespoons Cornstarch, 3 Tablespoons Baking Soda, 3 Tablespoons Vinegar, 1 1/2 teaspoon Corn Syrup and Food Coloring.

Mix everything except the food coloring in a bowl. The boys really enjoyed how the vinegar made it all fizz.

They each took turns stirring it up and then I came back in to make sure all the clumps were stirred up.

Then you divide your mixture into little containers (again we used clean yogurt containers). Add about 8 drops of food coloring.
Stir until the food coloring is all mixed in.

Our final results. You can use it now or let it harden and use it later.