Edible Finger Paints!     Finger Paint #1 (borrowed from Teacher Annie)    Ingredients: 1 cup Flour 1 cup cool water 3 cups boiling water Food coloring.   What To Do: Mix the flour and cool water in a cooking pot. Gradually pour in the boiling hot water. Place on stove, and continue to stir constantly until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in food coloring, and allow to cool. (If you would like to have multiple colors, separate the mix into different bowls before adding colors!) Can be stored for one or two days in the refrigerator. Play: This "paint" is totally edible and therefore PERFECT for toddlers to finger paint with! Be aware however that food coloring can potentially stain. So dress appropriately!     Back to... Sensory Recipes         Pudding Paint   Ingredients: Pudding! Food coloring optional.   What To Do: Simply prepare pudding according to directions. Chocolate pudding works great for this activity, but you can use other types and add food coloring if desired. Some people turn the child loose on a clean table or high chair tray, while others provide a large sheet of paper. Wax paper could be used also, or a clean cookie sheet. Have your camera ready for this one.   Play: Paint! Eat! Discuss! Photograph! Proceed directly to tub -- do not pass GO, do not collect any messy fingerprints on walls, furniture, priceless heirlooms, etc.     Back to... Sensory Recipes     Rainbow Stew Finger Paint (borrowed from Teacher Annie) Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 12 cups water 1 & 1/2 boxes of cornstarch Various food colors What To Do: Mix sugar and water in saucepan. Heat on low and slowly mix in cornstarch. Continue stirring until well mixed -- make take a while! Cool in separate bowls and add a different color to each one. Play: You can put the bowls and either:   provide children with their own shallow bowl and allow them to mix colors with their hands, or ... substitutes a Ziploc back for a bowl (zip it for the child), and let them watch the colors ooze and blend, or... encourage children to finger paint with the colors, dipping fingers in various colors as needed. Remember to provide smocks or old clothes if concerned about staining. (May also want to cover the table!) Ask children what they notice, how it feels, what happened when they added one color to another, etc. (Be sure to allow quiet time to just experience too!)       Back to...    Make Some Cool Art! Sensory Recipes Material Resources