Main Page Blog Getting Pregnant Articles Pregnancy Articles Parenting Articles TLOL Article Directory Chinese Gender Chart Pregnancy and Parenting Journals	Around the House - In The Kitchen - Craft Recipes for Children - Finger Paints Finger Paints There are several options here: Each of these has a different textured quality and provides a different sensory experience. A. Mix liquid dish soap, and tempera paint to make finger paint. The mixture should be 3 parts paint to 1 part dish soap. B. Soap paint: Whip Ivory Snow flakes with water and food coloring using a hand mixer. Place in bowls for fingerpainting. C. Flour and Salt fingerpaint: 1 cup flour 1 1/2 cups salt 3/4 cup water food coloring Mix together, put in bowls for painting. You may have to add more flour or water to get the consistency you want. D. Flour Fingerpaint 3 cups flour 2 tbs liquid soap 2 cups water food coloring (or tempera paint) Pour eace of the first 3 ingredients into a big mixing bowl. Mix well. Mix in color. E. Rice Paint Depending on how much you want to make, add equal parts Elmer's glue, and finger paint to a mixing bowl. Add in uncooked rice. Have your child paint on paper with it. The glue will help the rice *stick* to the paper.