Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Toddler Tuesday: Bath Paint

Ingredients: White/clear soap, corn
starch, and food coloring. 
I have mentioned before that I have been on the search for toddler activities to do with Mr. Calan. Some activities have been a success and some (like our sad lamb) have been complete failures. Yesterday, I created some bath paints for Calan to play with. It was a huge success. He painted for about 30 minutes, which is huge in toddler world, and then we just cleaned up with a bath. Calan, Bob, and I all had a great time. Calan kept saying wow and ohh and wow again as he painted on the walls.

Makes about four 1/4-cup paint jars.
I got the cute bear containers from
the  dollar store. 
To create your own bath paints, all you need is white or clear soap, corn starch, and food coloring. I found the recipe at a fun mom blog Meet the Dubiens. Take 1 cup soap and mix well with 4 tablespoons of corn starch. Divide the mixture among 4 small containers with tight lids. Mix in a few drops of food coloring and viola, you have your own bath paints. 

We are going to take our paint with us up to my mom's house after Christmas. She kind of lives in the middle of no where, so I have been trying to plan some activities that I know Calan will do while we are there. I can see bath tub painting as a favorite for years to come. 
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12 comments:

  1. Betty WrightDecember 22, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Awesome idea! I am a new follower! http://www.gbedwright.blogspot.com/

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  2. AnonymousDecember 22, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    What fun! And no clean up. That's awesome.

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  3. momto8December 22, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    yep..bath crayons are always fun! What you made is great! My first two were irish twins.. They grow up fast! I am a new follower from the hop, pls folllow back if you can!

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  4. Jenifer HarrodDecember 23, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    These are great I'll have to find some containers.

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  5. SJB aka SUELYN J-B.December 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Good idea :).

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  6. AmandaDecember 23, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    Oh that's an awesome idea! How fun! :D

    Following you on GFC from the Weekend Blog Hop, please visit if you can!
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  7. Yvonne @ vonnyleinDecember 23, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    How well does the 'paint' come off? I'd love to try something like this, but my Type-A personality is screaming at me: "it's food colouring...it STAINS!" HAHA! I'd love to know! I also thought of painting with coloured (plain) yogourt. My little guy still puts everything in his mouth..... Thanks for the idea. :)

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  8. UnknownDecember 24, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    I put 4 drops of food coloring in each container and it did not stain at all. I think the blog I saw it on only did 2 drops and it was just more pastel-type colors. I hope that helps.

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  9. Colorado Mountain MomDecember 25, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    Fun mommy!

    Neat site! Dropping by on the 'Find Friends' Hop. Following you every way I could find! :) Hope you can drop by my site, too.

    Thanks,
    Tami
    http://coloradomountainmom.blogspot.com/

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  10. AngelaDecember 26, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    What a cute idea! I'm now following--have a great week!

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  11. Rachel RDecember 30, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Thanks for the great idea. I'm going to try this out!

    I'm stopping by from the hop and am a new gfc and rss feed follower. Would love it if you'd visit my Facebook page
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    Thanks!
    Rachel

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  12. Lindsay CollinsDecember 30, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Love this idea. Bookmarking! Since everyone's sharing... I came to your site from your Creep days (or was it Set News?)

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