We had leftover egg dye from dying our eggs a few days ago, and if you know anything about the Quirky household from reading this blog over the last few months, our preschoolers love to paint! We used a wide variety of dripping/spraying tools from paintbrushes that we flicked, old toothbrushes that we sprayed, straws that we used as drippers, and even a cotton ball that we used to smear the dye on our papers. I loved the effect of the dye on the paper! If you want to make the dye into fingerpaint you could add a couple tablespoons of cornstarch to the dye. Warning, this activity does stain fingers/clothes.
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After we had made our papers and let them dry, we cut them in half length-wise, like a hotdog (makes a card more interesting). We traced my youngest daughter’s hands (sorry no pictures, she fidgets a lot) and cut hand shapes out in bright colored papers. Glue them together and viola! You have some springy cards – and some really, really blue hands.
What a great idea! I had not thought about this one but as I am getting ready to dye Easter eggs with the grandkids this week you have given me some wonderful ideas on how to use the leftover dye. Thanks again for your tips and having such a remarkable site.
Blessings,
Christine
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Stained fingers is fine by me as long as fun was had by all?
I like this idea too. My kids love anything resembling paint. We dyed pistachio shells and glued them onto paper. I posted some pics of our results on my blog.
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