This week’s Unplugged Challenge theme was Smooth. The first thing that came to mind was finger paints. I decided to do something different though and we made our own bath tub finger paints. We ended up with very slippery, smooth kiddos ;). You know the old expression… Smooth as a baby’s bottom!
I googled bath tub paints and ended up combining a few directions to accommodate what we had in the house. No shaving cream and I wasn’t about to use up our California Baby shampoo (although if we do this again in the future I will definitely use a tear-free clear shampoo instead of the dish soap – we got some bubbles in the eyes!).
Ingredients:
1 cup mild clear dish washing soap or baby shampoo
5 TBSP cornstarch
food coloring
Directions:
Mix slowly mix in corn starch to dish washing soap until you get the right finger paint texture. It should be thick enough to not be drippy. Divide into separate containers (you can use ice cub tray for small amounts of lots of colors). Add food coloring to get desired colors.
Before we cleaned up we took some prints of the kids work. I think the tile pattern looks pretty cool. The food coloring cleaned up with no problems… my grout looks better than before. We used some store bought bath crayons before and they left color in the grout. Please note: This does produce a lot of bubbles when you start cleaning it up.
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Fun! We made this paint this summer but didn’t add the soap/shampoo. Looks like it’s a great way to thicken it, we’ll have to remember that for next time.
Oh this looks like fun! We will definitely try it. I know that kids would love it. Thanks for the tips about the shampoo and the state of the grout afterwards. Useful information! By the way, your idea of making prints of their artwork is brilliant. They turned out beautifully!
Those prints are super cool!
This looks like it was a lot of fun! I don’t know that I would have thought to make prints of their paintings – neat idea!
love it … so fun.. been seeing a lot of these recipes around the net too.. I have been wanting to try it for a while… thanks for the push and inspiration
Oh thanks for posting this. My little one loves the bath. I always wanted to make these, never realized how easy that is. Thanks.
Super cool site – I just stumbled here and will be checking in regularly for ideas. I know I do not do enough of this stuff and I’d like to be more of that mother!
What fun. Hmmm…wonder if it would work in the shower!!!