Friday, September 16, 2011

Family Fun Friday ~ Driveway Paint...

Hi Everyone! And happy Friday! I hope that you are having a splendid week - things have been crazy around here, but good. To start off with some great news....I'm a new aunty!!! Yay, we are so excited! It's amazing how great it feels to have a new little one in our lives...and she is sooo precious!

With that, I will go ahead and segway into one of my new reoccuring "Family Fun Friday" posts. In these posts, I will share something fun that we did as a family during the week. With all of the beautiful weather, we were able to get outside and do a fun art project. It seems that art is just one of those things that just brings out the best in us so, why not use some materials we already have around the house to make a beautiful project. So without further ado, here's a little look at what we did...
We made driveway paint! To make your own at home, follow these instructions...

1. Measure out 2 full teaspoons full of corn starch and place it in a cup... We used a muffin tin, so that we could make a lot of different colors.
2. If you want to do it the way we did, you just want to repeat step 1 in each muffin holder.
3. Get out the food colors and add drops of different colors to make your favorite spectrum of colors. I should note that you don't have to worry about stirring yet, just add as much color as you would like!
4. Take the tray outside and add water to each cup until it is about half full - taking it outside prevents sloshing and a big mess...
5. Now put on a smock, give your little one their paint brushes and go to town!!!

Here is a look at what our colors looked like...


Here's my little artist in action...


And here's a look at some of our beautiful artwork...
Here's one of my more artistic shots of the paint... :)
I painted the heart and PJ added some fun flare to it - I definitely think she is an artist!
Here is a look at what the paint looks like as it is drying...
And here is a look at what that sun looked like the next day.... pretty cool!



This is a super fun project and it's really great to just give PJ the paint and let her draw and paint on the ground as much as she would like. Also, no worries about whether the paint comes out of the clothes in the wash. I put A LOT of food coloring in the corn starch to make the paint vibrant and it still all came out easily without the use of a stain stick. As for PJ, we just gave her a bath and she didn't stain either :). As for the driveway, the paint washed off after the rain the other night, so it looks like we will be doing it again soon!

So if you are looking for something fun to do outside with the kids, I would definitley recommend this fun activity - we all had a great time and it was a good way to work on a project all together...

Have a great weekend!

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3 comments:

Jessica O. said...

Looks so fun Casey! I might have to give this a try, my boys would love it!

Marlene said...

You're such a great mom! She's so artistic already, too! Love it.

Fuzzy Slippers said...

This is an AWESOME idea!!! I will be sharing this post in my parent letter at school. Thanks so much Casey! :)