Have kids who love to paint and eat snacks? Then they will love this fun indoor activity!
Grab some marshmallows or popcorn, then make edible paint by mixing milk and food coloring together. For a thicker paint, try sweet evaporated milk.
After painting, sit out to dry for a pretty snack!
Pull out the food coloring and try it!
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The grandson and I did this tonight and it kept him busy for a good hour! Thanks so much for the great idea!
Fabulous idea! I’m going to try this with the students I work with!
My neice is allergic to milk
is it possible to use Coconut milk?
This is so fun!!! We do fun things like this over at our blog! I run a in home daycare and love doing fun crafts and making food with the kiddos, so this is perfect! I would love for you to stop by and link up at our Naturally-Nifty Party!
http://natural-nester.blogspot.com/2012/02/naturally-nifty-linky-party-4.html
Our favorite way to “paint” food is painting cookies. We mix egg yolk with a few drops of food color, then cut out sugar cookies (slightly thicker than usual if the kids are young, little folks tend to stab their cookies with the brushes). We put the cut out cookie dough on a parchment lined sheet and start painting.
When the cookies bake, the paint will crackle and darken some, and it is always fun and fabulous.
way fun! i’ve included this link in my weekly roundup of inspiration, blogged here:
http://www.camilledawn.com/2010/06/tuesday-tumblr-3.html
thanks for sharing!
This was so much fun. I tried it today with my little girl and posted about it here: http://www.skooksplayground.com/2010/06/paint-your-food-and-eat-it-too.html
Oh my gosh, so fun! I’ll have to get my 5 yr old sister to do this with me so I don’t look like a weirdo doing it alone 😉
What a fabulous and fun ideas! Thanks for sharing!
How fun is this? What a great idea! I’ve gotta try this one 🙂
love love this idea!!!!!
Great job… thats super fun!
Fabulous idea. We’ll definitely be trying this one.
Really cute idea!
What a great idea to use marshmallows and popcorn. I’ve had the kids paint toast with colored milk. It works great but I think they would enjoy eating the marshmallows and popcorn more!