My kids love to paint and I hate to waste stuff. Every Spring we weed through the cabinet under the bathroom sink and get rid of all the expired lotions and what-not. Sunscreen isn’t effective if it is old (and one of my kids burns badly – I learned this the hard way!). So what will we do with all the old lotions and sunscreen? Make our own Finger Paint!
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What you need to make your own lotion-based finger paint:
- Old containers of lotion or sunscreen
- Tin to hold the paint
- Food coloring
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We used liquid food coloring, but I think the gel colors would have been better, more vibrant. Maybe we’ll try gel colors next time. We mixed the dye into the lotion with paintbrushes and then had a blast covering our paper and ourselves with the paint. The kids had a blast and I loved the way the kids smelled after our craft time! Made me think summer was already here!
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Pssst… you can also make an Easy Sunscreen Experiment Perfect for Preschoolers, and Non-Toxic Homemade Finger Paint!
Really enjoyed your blog post, continue to post.
Thats a great idea.. have 2 tubes from last year, yayy!!
You have a wonderul blog with lots of fun ideas:)
Thanks
Roopa
Such a great idea! Will be sure to be giving this a go & using up our left over sun lotion – thanks for sharing 🙂