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June 17, 2015 · 1 Comment

Homemade Paint: Scented Watercolor Paint

Craft Basics· Kids Stuff

Did you know that you can make your own watercolor paint!?  You can!  And they are non-toxic, smell amazing and are completely edible.  Which is perfect if you have little ones.  And the best part is that this homemade paint take exactly 2 ingredients to make…and one of them is water.  So these are simple, quick and affordable too!  And you don’t have to worry if your little one decides to lick the paint because it smells so yummy. These are perfectly harmless.  Read on to learn how to make your own homemade paint!

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-3Supplies needed to make your own watercolor homemade paint:supply-list

  • 1 Tablespoon Flavored Gelatin Powder in a Variety of Colors.
  • 1 Tablespoon Warm Water.
  • Plastic Mini Storage Containers.
  • Kids Paint Brushes.
  • Toothpick.
  • Paper.

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-5We found 5 different colors of gelatin at our local grocery store that we decided to use.  I didn’t think that there would be a big difference in color between strawberry, cherry and raspberry, so we used cherry as our red, berry blue as our blue, lime for green, lemon for yellow and orange for orange.

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-6We opened 5 of our storage containers and began by adding 1 Tablespoon of each gelatin mix into each container. One color per container.

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-7Then we added 1 Tablespoon of warm water to each container and stirred with a toothpick.

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-8Warm water helps the powder to dissolve so be sure to take your time to dissolve the powder.

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-9The reason I prefer using gelatin over powdered drink mix for this type of project is that the gelatin thickens a bit as you mix it which means you end up with more saturated and vibrant colors!

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-9After the colors were mixed well, we used kids paint brushes to paint our design.  I let my children have fun with this and just sat back and watched as they delighted in the fact that they were painting with homemade paint they made!

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-1And didn’t the pictures turn out so cute too?  My kids really enjoyed themselves and it was such a fun summer project!

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-2As a quick side note though, be careful as this homemade paint can stain.  My children usually wear an apron or old clothing when doing projects like this.  And we always have a container of wipes handy for easy clean up!

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-11And if you are looking for more kid crafts to do this summer you might like this fun Kids Soap Tutorial and no sew DIY bookmarks.

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-12This homemade paint really does smell oh-so-yummy!

Homemade-paint-watercolor-kids-Crafts-Unleashed-4What a perfectly fun summer project.

Ashley-sig

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Ashley

Ashley is an interior designer turned DIY / Craft Blogger located in the Indianapolis area. Her passion for interior design grew into a love of creating and one day she just decided to start blogging about it, at Simply Designing! Ashley loves power tools and her hot glue gun, but her sewing machine slightly scares her. She loves life, finds joy in the simple things, and is a firm believer that a good cup of hot chocolate or ice cream cures most things.

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  1. Julie says

    June 17, 2015 at 4:40 pm

    Old ice cube trays situated around the table would work too!

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