Finger painting is something most preschoolers love doing, and mine our no exception. Boy did they love everything about it. They helped me make it. You see, I am trying to put together a book or some type of thing for craft recipes like playdoh, bubbles, fingerpaint...etc. I'm also trying to get organized and begin really teaching our little ones. I use to work with the others all the time, but I have slacked off WAY TOO MUCH and am finally getting my life on track. I am actually trying hard to incorporate many things into their life that keep me AT HOME and a LOT more organized.

Here is the recipe I used for the fun fingerpaint. Warning... do not use paper to paint on! The best things is wax paper or styrofoam plates (a must for preschool art).

Recipe: one cup cold water
1/4 cup salt
2 tablepsoons cornstarch

In a saucepan mix all ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and keep boiling/stirring until as thick as pudding. Pour into separate containers and add various colors food coloring. Let cool, then paint with your fingers. It does not work well with a brush, but applies exceptionally smooth with fingers, and dries to a silky smooth finish. This lasts about two weeks in the refrigerator.

I used powdered tempera paints for 2 batchs and food coloring for the other two. Both work well, but the food coloring blends easier.

Clean up: We used shaving cream. It is a trick I have recently learned. I poured spray paint onto the counter and they had a ball playing in it. We wrote the letter A and then spread it everywhere. Then we used our fingers and tried drawing the letter. The shaving cream really cleaned up the "paint" that had seemed to soak into my white countertops.