The spices in my pantry are getting a bit old and there are some things in there that I don’t think I have cooked with in ages.
We recently received the book by Rachelle Doorley, Tinkerlab: A Hands-On Guide for Little Inventors, wow – what a fun collection of open-fun ideas. Her book has 55 experiments that your kids can do to tinker, to manipulate and explore their world through objects. I loved the idea of making spicy paint!
Today, her book inspired us to dig around and look for colorful spices.
We are going to paint!
From our spice cabinet we grabbed the following:
- Tumeric
- Cinnamon
- Frozen Cranberries
- Blue Berries
- Powdered Wheat Grass
- Powdered Coffee
To each spice they mixed a roughly 1 teaspoon of hot water to one teaspoon of spice – if it was dry. Then they let it sit for about 10 min before they began painting. For the “wet” ingredients, they just mashed the berries until they were wet and pulpy. Good times.
The kids had a blast creating their recipes of paint. Check out the book by Tinkerlab for more ideas of ways your kids can explore their worlds.
We are THRILLEd to be part of the Tinkerlab Book blog tour – isn’t it fun to know such fun people?
Don’t miss out on any of the other participating blogs…
June 10 The Artful Parent
June 11 Toddler Approved
June 12 Creative with Kids
June 13 Red Ted Art
June 16 Not Just Cute
June 17 Kids Activities Blog
June 18 Rookie Moms
June 19 Peanut Blossom
June 20 Modern Parents, Messy Kids
June 23 The Imagination Tree
June 24 Babble Dabble Do
June 25 Pink and Green Mama
June 26 Make and Takes
June 30 Playful Learning
July 3 Imagine Childhood
July 4 A Mom with a Lesson Plan
July 7 Nurture Store
July 9 Simple Kids
July 10 Kids Stuff World
July 11 Let's Lasso the Moon
July 14 Ain't No Mom Jeans
July 15 Fun at Home with Kids
TBD Childhood 101
Wow this is amazing! It’s a great read! I learned something new today.