Edible Fingerpaints

Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 02:17

Yesterday, we decided to finger paint.  The only paints in the house were tempra and watercolor, so we made our own.  We used jell-o for two colors, peach and purple.  The peach was sugar-free, and only made a small amount of paint (just add enough boiling water to get the jell-o gooey).  The purple was blackberry-raspberry, and had sugar in it.  It made a much larger amount of paint, and the sugar didn't dissolve, which gave it a glitter-paint effect.  It was quite fun!  Then, we mixed up a box of vanilla pudding, let it set, and then divided it up into different bowls.  Each bowl got it's own color of food coloring, and we were ready to paint!  It not only made beautiful pictures, but it smelled and tasted good as well.  No need to wash our hands; just lick that paint off, kids!

On a completely different note, we also did a major sorting of clothing yesterday, with more yet to be done.  I continually struggle with keeping up with the laundry.  With six people in the household, there is always a pile to be washed, and a pile to be folded.  Our house is small, and early 1900's, so there's not much storage space, and it's discouraging for me to fold clothes when there's no place to put them.  So, after reading several blogs on here that said- YOU DON'T NEED SO MANY CLOTHES! I took it to heart.  For every piece of laundry I folded, two pieces went into bags to go to charity.  My daughters' still ran out of space in their dressers, so I told them that the next step is to attack the dressers and do the same thing with the clothes that were already folded and put away.  Surprisingly enough, there were no tears shed (my 6yo usually cries great crocodile tears anytime anything has to go).  She didn't see everything that went into the bags, which is probably why!

Well, it's time to start packing for the weekly trip to Iowa.  Have a blessed weekend, everyone!

Sara

Edible Paint

Posted by maa on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 02:46 - Link

That is a neat idea! I will have to remember it! Thanks!
Belle~homesteadgirls

Sounds great

Posted by mom2zjh on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 11:31 - Link

This sounds like fun, I will have to try it. I see that you attended a Dave Ramsey FPU so did my hubby and I.
Nice to meet you. I like your blog.
Blessings,
Holly

finger paints

Posted by Vickie on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 07:11 - Link

What a great idea! I'm going to start babysitting little ones soon & I will try this.--Thanks