Saturday

Eco friendly finger paint

INGREDIENTS:
4 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup cornstarch
4 cups water
1/2 cup earth friendly dishwashing liquid
Food coloring*

MAKE:
Mix the sugar and cornstarch  in a saucepan.
Stir in the water.
Heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly until the mixture is clear.
Remove from the heat.
Pour in liquid soap. 
Cool.
Divide into 4 containers and add colouring.

* Natural food coloring suggestions:
Yellow - tumeric
Orange - saffron
Pink - beetroot juice
Red - Cochineal (E120) made from the cochineal insect
Blue - Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) a flowering vine

2 comments:

  1. This looks like fun! I'm bookmarking it now :-) warm wishes, Kelly

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