Category: Art
Discover 50 creative ways to paint using vegetable dyes, baking soda, cornstarch, shoe polish, and other surprising materials. Help children of all ages express themselves with these fun, imaginative activities! Paperback. 64 pages.
The vegetable dye recipes were the first thing we tried and honestly they worked way better than I expected on paper. Even my three-year-old could follow the steps without me hovering, and the baking soda experiment turned into a whole afternoon of giggles.
My kids went absolutely feral for the cornstarch paint — it had such a satisfying texture and they stayed busy for over an hour. The 50 ideas give you plenty of room to rotate projects, and the shoe polish one was a messy hit.
The vegetable dye recipe using beets was a hit with my three-year-old, and the instructions for mixing baking soda paint kept her engaged for a full afternoon. I love that it uses stuff already in my kitchen, so there’s no special shopping trip needed. This book is already dog-eared and it’s only be
